Machine derived contents note: 1. Preliminaries -- 2. The parts of speech: a preliminary outline -- 3. Verbs -- 4. The structure of kernel clauses -- 5. Tense, aspect and modality -- 6. Nouns and noun phrases -- 7. Adjectives, determinatives and numerals -- 8. Adverbs and prepositions -- 9. Clause type -- 10. Negation -- 11. The subordination of clauses -- 12. Thematic systems of the clause -- 13. Coordination
