books functional linguistics john benjamins publishing would like call attention four following titles field functional linguistics reconnecting language morphology syntax functional perspectives simon vandenbergen k davidse niel eds univ gent univ leuven univ gent 1997 xii 212 pp current issues linguistic theory 154 us canada hb 1 55619 870 1 price usd 79 00 rest world hb 90 272 3659 3 price nlg 158 although contributors book belong one particular chool linguistic theory share interest external functions language society relationship functions internal linguistic phenomena sense take functional approach grammatical issues apart common startingpoint contributions share aim demonstrating nonautonomous nature morphology syntax inadequacy linguistic models deal syntax morphology lexicon separate independent components recurrent theme throughout book inseparability lexis morphosyntax structure function grammar society third specific common thread case contributions adduced illustrate general point link word form one hand clausal textual relations hand papers centre discussion interest proposed volume consists fact brings together views leading scholars functional linguistics various enominations place morphosyntax linguistic theory book provides convincing argumentation modular theory autonomous levels dominant framework mainstream 20th century linguistics plea research connections lexicogrammar linguistic extralinguistic context contributions k halliday c hagege robert de beaugrande pew sgall stanley starosta william mcgregor anna siewierska marja liisa helasvuo karen e robblee alice caffarel motoko hori linguistics giving john newman ed massey university new zealand 1997 xv 373 pp typological studies language 36 us canada hb 1 55619 647 4 price usd 98 00 pb 1 55619 648 2 price usd 34 95 rest world hb 90 272 2933 3 price nlg 196 pb 90 272 2934 1 price nlg 70 collection papers twelve linguists explore range interesting properties give verbs volume offers indepth look many morphological syntactic semantic properties give verbs including literal figurative senses across languages topics include apparent zeromorpheme realization give papuan language noun plus causativelike suffix expressing give concept nahuatl give ditransitive constructions zulu complex verbal morphologies associated give verbs chipewyan cora sochiapan chinantec elaborate classificatory system found give verbs chipewyan cora give take constructions slavic languages expression give american sign language origin german es gibt construction extension give adverbial marker thai khmer vietnamese syntax semantics dutch give first language acquisition possession terms contributions john robert david tuggy john taylor sally rice eugene casad phyllis perrin wilcox david foris laura janda theo janssen john newman jae jung song michael tomasello information status noncanonical word order english betty birner gregory ward 1998 xiv 314 pp studies language companion series 40 us canada hb 1 55619 926 0 price 69 00 rest world hb 90 272 3043 9 price nlg 138 work provides comprehensive discoursefunctional account three classes noncanonical constituent placement english preposing postposing argument reversal shows interaction accounted principled predictive way details variety ways information given new shows understanding variety allows us account distribution constructions discourse moreover authors show exist broad empirically verifiable functional correspondences within classes syntactically similar constructions relying heavily corpus data authors identify three interacting dimensions along individual constructions may vary respect pragmatic constraints sensitive old vs new information relative vs absolute familiarity discourse vs hearerfamiliarity show preposed position reserved information linked prior discourse means contextually licensed partiallyordered set relationship postposed position reserved information new one small number distinct senses argumentreversing constructions require information represented preverbal constituent least familiar within discourse represented postverbal constituent within three classes constructions individual constructions vary respect whether sensitive familiarity within discourse assumed familiarity within hearer knowledge store thus although individual constructions question subject distinct constraints work provides empirical evidence existence strong correlations sentence position information status final chapter presents crosslinguistic data showing correlations limited english structure lexicon functional grammar hella olbertz kees hengeveld jesus sanchez garcia eds university amsterdam 1998 xii 312 pp studies language companion series 43 us canada hb 1 55619 929 5 price usd 69 00 rest world hb 90 272 3046 3 price nlg 138 papers collected volume concern five different aspects role lexicon theory functional grammar developed simon c dik coworkers volume starts practical introduction functional lexematic model model applications english german spanish presented second part volume deals derivation actionnouns pseudoreflexive verbs causative constructions thus offering new perspectives predicate formation within functional grammar followed section centers around important problem related valency question account collocational properties predicates fourth part book discusses nonprototypical transitive verbs relation typology states affairs final section focuses relationship lexicon underlying structure clause check john benjamins web site http www benjamins com