Function and Structure

1. Preface (by Kamio, Akio); 2. 1. Functional syntax; 3. A Comparison of postposed subjects in English and Italian (by Ward, Gregory); 4. A functional constraint on extraposition from NP (by Takami, Ken-ichi); 5. The speech act empathy hierarchy and Russian possessives (by Yokoyama, Olga T.); 6. Aspects of hypothetical meaning in Japanese conditionals (by Jacobsen, Wesley M.); 7. A context-based account of English passives with indefinite subjects (by Utsugi, Aiko); 8. Observations on three anaphoric expressions in Japanese (by Tomoda, Etsuko Kaburaki); 9. Qualification and point of view (by Guillemin-Flescher, Jacqueline); 10. 2. Other Functional Aspects of Language; 11. Towards a theory of desirability in conditional reasoning (by Akatsuka, Noriko); 12. Relative tense and absolute tense in adverbial adjuncts in Japanese (by Lee, Kiri); 13. Specific NP in scope (by Kennedy, Becky); 14. Some referential properties of English it and that (by Kamio, Akio); 15. The role of empathy in sentence production: A functional analysis of aphasic and normal elicited narratives in Japanese and English (by Menn, Lise); 16. Personal pronoun shift in Japanese: A case study in lexical change and point of view (by Whitman, John); 17. Subject Index; 18. Name Index