PART I: FUNCTION AND FORM 1. Introduction 2. Function 3. From: words, word classes and phrases 4. More on form: clauses and sentences 5. The function-form interface PART II: ELABORATION 6. Predicates, arguments and thematic roles 7. Cross-categorical generalisations: X-bar syntax 8. More on clauses 9. Movement 10. Tense, aspect and mood PART III: ARGUMENTATION 11. Syntactic argumentation 12. Constituency: movement and substitution 13. Constituency: some additional tests 14. Predicates and arguments revisited PART IV: APPLICATION 15. Information structuring 16. Grammatical indeterminacy 17. Case studies ukryj opis