Table of contents
Introductionvii
Is there a passive in Nahuatl?1
Grammaticalized focus in Yukagir: Is it really grammaticalized and is it really focus?17
Iconic motivations in conflict: Language-specific structure and influence from the medium39
The syntax of Danish verbs: Lexical and syntactic transitivity65
From lexical potential to syntactic realization: A Danish verb valency model103
Danish directional adverbs: Content syntax and complex predicates — a case for host and co-predicates159
Danish passives and subject positions as a mood system: A content analysis199
Information structure and the anatomy of the noun phrase: The expression of subject and object in Danish noun phrases235
Topic continuity and prosody: An experimental study in Danish261
Discourse particles in Danish283
Eh bien: Marker of comparison and contrast315
The degrammaticalization of agentivity in Tlapanec343
The functions of locative prepositions361
Communicative function and language-specific structure in second language acquisition: A discussion of natural sequences of acquisition385
Theoretical considerations421
Linguistic structure in a functional grammar423
Iconicity and arbitrariness453
Paradigmatic structure, word order and grammaticalization469
Subject index495
Index of names505
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