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Part 1 Introduction: grammar and communication; whose grammar?; grammarfor communication; theme and variation in syntactic description; parsing -tree diagrams; deep structure, surface structure and meaning. Part 2Vocabulary - words and morphemes: preliminaries; lexical vs. grammaticalvocabulary; the morphemic status of English vocabulary; lexical word-classes;minor word classes. Part 3 Simple verbal clauses: preliminaries; parsing andtree diagrams - recapitulation; classification of verbs and simple clauses;multiple membership in verb classes; verbs that incorporate prepositions;summary of the structure of simple clauses. Part 4 Verbal inflections -tense, aspect, modality and negation: tense; aspect; modality; communicativeand cognitive aspects of tense-aspect-modality; the syntax oftense-aspect-modality; negation. Part 5 Reference and definiteness:reference; definiteness; generic subjects, definiteness and reference;definiteness, reference and text processing - a cognitive overview. Part 6Noun phrases: nouns and modifiers; ordering of elements within the nounphrase; restrictive vs. non-restrictive modifiers; modifiers used asanaphoric pronouns; scattered noun phrases; complex noun phrases. Part 7Verbal complements: the semantics of event integration; the syntax of clauseintegration; modality verbs; for-to complements; "if" complements;WH-complements; post-posed P-C-U verbs; non-verbal predicates with verbalcomplements. Part 8 Voice and de-transitivization: functional dimensions ofvoice; the frequency-distribution of voice in text; the syntax ofde-transitive clauses; other de-transitive constructions; the antipassivevoice; reciprocal constructions; reflective clauses. Part 9 Relative clauses:functional aspects of relativization; the syntax or relativization; thesyntax of non-restrictive REL-clauses; headless relative clauses; subjectREL-clauses with the main verb "be"; extraposed relative clauses;relativization and syntactic complexity; non-finite relative clauses. Part 10Contrastive focus constructions: functional aspects of contrastive focus;contrastive grammatical devices; the discourse-pragmatics of contrast; focusattraction, assertion scope and contrastive focus; other focus-attractinggrammatical devices; strong contrastive focus and relativization;restrictions on clefting; some cognitive considerations. Part 11 Topicalizingconstructions: functional aspects of topicality; the variety of topicalizingconstructions.