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Acknowledgements; Abbreviations for grammatical items; Introduction; 1.Parts-of-speech systems Paul Schachter; 2. The major functions of the nounphrase Avery Andrews; 3. Speech art distinctions in syntax Jerrold M. Sadockand Arnold M. Zwicky; 4. Negation John R. Payne; 5. Passive in the world'slanguages Edward L. Keenan; 6. Information packaging in the clause William A.Foley and Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.; Bibliography; Index.