Includes bibliographical references (pp. 277-278) and index.

pt. A. Grammatical description. Introduction -- A preliminary overview -- Nouns and noun phrases -- Verbs and verb phrases -- Adjectives, adverbs, prepositions and associated phrases -- Clause structure and clause type -- Subordination and coordination -- Information structure in the clause -- pt. B. Looking at language in context. From separate sentences to connected texts -- Text and context -- Text analysis - putting it all together.

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