Frontmatter -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS -- INTRODUCTION -- NOTES ON THE TRANSCRIPTION -- CHAPTER 1: LITERATURE SURVEY -- CHAPTER 2: RELEVANT ASPECTS OF FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR -- CHAPTER 3: THE LEXICON AND THE ROOTS -- CHAPTER 4: PREDICATE FORMATION RULES: THE PRODUCTIVE PROCESSES IN THE BINYANIM SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 5 : THE CONFIGURATIONAL SUB-SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 6 : CONCLUSIONS -- NOTES -- REFERENCES -- AUTHOR INDEX -- SUBJECT INDEX