Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1 Introduction 1 The Aim of the Volume 2 Main Questions Addressed in the Present Study 3 Semantic Structures of Languages 4 Basic Task in Linguistic Analysis 5 A Preview of Implications 6 The Structure of the Book 7 Summary of the Chapter2 Functions Encoded in the Grammatical System Are Ontological Categories Zygmunt Frajzyngier and Kyung-Im Han 1 Introduction 2 Categories Generated in the Grammatical System 3 Locative Predication in Mina 4 Two Locative Predications: A Case of Korean 5 No Locative Domain: A Case in English 6 Summary 7 Implications3 Category ''Event Predication'' in the Grammatical System 1 The Terms and the Aim of the Study 2 Main Approaches to the Notion of ''Event'' so Far 3 The Aspectual System of Hdi 4 ''Pragmatically Dependent Event Predication'' as a Category of Semantic Structure 5 Conclusions 6 Implications4 Effects of Functions Encoded in the Grammatical System on the Lexicon 1 The Aim of the Chapter 2 Frequent Approaches to Lexical Properties 3 Reminder of the Theoretical Background 4 The Main Hypotheses 5 The Lexical Categories ''Noun'', ''Verb'' and ''Adjective'' 6 Locative Predication with Respect to Entities in Korean 7 Aspect and the Properties of Verbs 8 Verbal Number 9 Benefactive in English 10 Modification of Relational Nouns 11 Why Only Some Functions Encoded in the Grammatical System Are Reflected in the Lexicon 12 Conclusions and Implications5 Marking of Lexical Categories and the Marking of Functions: The Domain of Attributive Modification 1 The Aim of the Study and the Hypothesis 2 Frequent Approaches to Attributive Modification 3 The Terms 4 A Reminder of Theoretical Assumptions and Methodology 5 Attributive Modification by Morphologically Marked Adjectives 6 Attributive Modification by Morphologically Unmarked Adjectives: The Case of English 7 Modifying Function through Genitive Construction and Comment Marker 8 Inherent Adjectives and Derived Modifiers 9 The Attributive Predicator 10 Conclusions and Implications6 The Non-Autonomous Sets in the Lexicon 1 Current Assumptions about Verbs and the Claims in the Present Study 2 Major Claims in the Present Chapter 3 Sample of the Questions Addressed 4 Locative Functions Coded in the Grammatical System of Mupun 5 Predication of Motion 6 Conclusions and Implications7 What Gets Combined in Complex Sentences? 1 The Issues, the Questions, and the Preview of the Outcomes 2 Claims of Clause Combining as a Source of Complex Sentence 3 Against Clause Combining as a Source of Complex Sentences 4 Complex Sentences Are Generated by Combining Propositions 5 Inflectional Coding of Propositions on the Verb 6 Obligatory Realization of Propositions by Clauses 7 Conclusions8 Equational, Identificational, Attributive, and Existential Predications: An Introduction 1 The Reason the Five Predications Are Discussed 2 State of the Art: The Issue of Verbless Predication 3 The Content and the Goals in next Five Chapters 4 The Problems 5 Theoretical Assumptions and Terms9 Equational Domain 1 Terms, and Questions to Be Examined 2 Equational Predication with and without a Copula 3 Equational Predication without a Copula 4 Equational Predication with Obligatory Copula 5 Predicate--Identified Constituent Order in Equational Predication 6 A Unified Equational and Attributive Domain 6 Motivation for Copula in Equational Predications 7 Verb Insertion in Equational Clauses 8 Linear Order in Equational Predication Distinct from Linear Order in Verbal Predication 9 Expanded Functions of Equational Predication 10 Conclusions about Equational Predications10 Identificational Predication 1 Definition, Terms, and Questions 2 Identificational Copula the Same as Equational Copula 3 Identificational Predicate Distinct from Equational Copula 4 Identificational Copula the Same as Focus Marker 5 Demonstratives as Identificational Predicates 6 Demonstrative and 3 p.sg. Pronoun as Identificational Predicates 7 Question about Identity of an Entity 8 Identificational Copula from Focus Marker 9 Conclusions about Identificational Predications11 Attributive Predication 1 Definition, Terms, and Questions to Be Explored 2 Attributive Copula the Same as Equational Copula 3 Coding Number in Attributive Predicate 4 Attributive Domain Coded by a Lexical Subcategory 5 Attributive Predications through Adjectives and Possessive Constructions 6 Attributive Predication through Reduplication of Non-Adjectives 7 Attributive Predication through Nominalization of the Verb 8 Attributive Predicate Precedes the Noun 9 Absence of Distinct Attributive Predication 10 Summary of Attributive Predications 11 Overall Conclusions for Chapters 9-11 12 Implications12 Existential Predication 1 Definitions, Terms, and Questions 2 Existential Predication through the Non-Verbal Predicate of Existence 3 Existential Predication through Associative Preposition 4 Existential Predication through Locative Predicate and a Copula 5 Existential Predication through a Locative Anaphor 6 Negative Existential Predications 7 Conclusions about the Existential Predication13 Possessive Expressions 1 Definitions, Terms, and Questions 2 Possessive Expressions through the Predicate ''Be in Place'' and Associative Preposition 3 Possessive Expressions through the Locative Complement 4 Conclusions about Possessive Expressions14 Typology of Semantic Structures 1 Aims of Typology for Semantic Structures 2 Typology of Semantic Structures 3 An Illustration of the Typology of a Functional Domain 4 Types of Locative Domains 5 Language with One Marker of Locative Predication Deployed When Either the Predicate or the Noun Is Not Inherently Locative 6 Different Prepositions for Inherently Locative and Inherently Non-Locative Nouns 7 Languages That Do Not Code Locative Domain 8 Overall Conclusions15 Conclusions and Implications 1 Fundamental Findings 2 How the Functional Domains and Function Are Discovered 3 The Coding Means 4 Consequences of Postulating the Semantic Structure 5 How Utterances Are Formed 6 An Explanation of the Forms of Utterances 7 An Explanation of Lexical Categories 8 An Explanation for Lexical Subcategories 9 Implications for Linguistic Typology 10 The Non-Autonomy of Some Verbs References Index.