This book presents a detailed corpus-based study of adverbial subordinate clauses in English within the framework of the theory of Functional Grammar. On the ba

An accessible, up-to-date account of the major changes in English syntax since its beginnings up to the present day.

This study argues that the domain traditionally covered by 'coordination' and 'subordination' in English can be subdivided into four distinct construction types

Research on language universals and research on linguistic typology are not antagonistic, but rather complementary approaches to the same fundamental problem: t