Reconnecting language : morphology and syntax in functional perspectives

1. Introduction 2. Part I: Reconnecting language 3. Linguistics as metaphor (by Halliday, M.A.K.) 4. Language as a faculty, languages as 'contingent' manifestations and humans as function builders (by Hagege, Claude) 5. Linguistics - systemic and functional: Renewing the 'warrant' (by Beaugrande, Robert de) 6. Part II: Dependency 7. Structure, meaning and use (by Sgall, Petr) 8. Control in constrained dependency grammar (by Starosta, Stanley) 9. Part III: Cross-linguistic morphosyntax 10. Grammatical structures in noun incorporation (by McGregor, William B.) 11. The formal realization of case and agreement marking: A functional perspective (by Siewierska, Anna) 12. Part IV: Case and semantic roles in discourse 13. Functions of case-marking vs. non-marking in Finnish discourse (by Helasvuo, Marja-Liisa) 14. The interaction of Russian word order, agreement and case marking (by Robblee, Karen E.) 15. Models of transitivity in French: A systemic-functional interpretation (by Caffarel, Alice) 16. Mental process clauses in Japanese (by Hori, Motoko) 17. Index 18. List of contributors