Contents // Introduction...4 // 1 The English language...5 // 2 A general framework...7 // 3 Verbs and auxiliaries...11 // 4 The semantics of the verb phrase...21 // 5 Nouns and determiners...36 // 6 Pronouns...47 // 7 Adjectives and adverbs...53 // 8 The semantics and grammar of adverbials...60 // 9 Prepositions and prepositional phrases...67 // 10 The simple sentence...74 // 11 Sentence types and discourse functions...82 // 12 Pro-forms and ellipsis...86 // 13 Coordination...93 // 14 The complex sentence...99 // 15 Syntactic and semantic functions of subordinate clauses...109 // 16 Complementation of verbs and adjectives...121 // 17 The noun phrase...132 // 18 Theme, focus, and information processing...142 // 19 From sentence to text...152 // KEY - Suggested answers...158