item linguist memoriam simon c dik 19401995 great sadness inform death march 1 1995 simon c dik one world leading theoreticians functional linguistics simon occupied chair general linguistics university amsterdam 25 years 1994 illness manifested two years earlier forced resign 25 years developed theory functional grammar foundations laid 1968 dissertation coordination far illness allowed simon continued working development theory death results work twovolume theory functional grammar published posthumously career simon constant source inspiration encouragement teacher scholar colleagues students significance work field linguistics effectivity enormous energy put promoting linguistic research deserve recognition gratitude members community linguists working within framework functional grammar especially feel loss personal contacts gratefully acknowledge unending invaluable involvement progress linguistic research end simon leaves behind wife willy daughters iris hester son remco machtelt bolkestein ot alf let uva nl casper de groot casperdg alf let uva nl kees hengeveld khengeveld alf let uva nl