Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Maps -- List of Tables -- Abbreviations -- Part One. Background: Scope, Aims, Theory, Methodology, Data -- 1. Scope and aims -- 2. Theoretical foundations -- 3. The European perspective -- 4. Data collection and classification -- Part Two. Towards a Typology -- 5. The grammatical category of adverbial subordinators: some initial general tendencies -- 6. The equilibrium of form and meaning -- 7. The semantic space of adverbial relations -- 8. Areal and genetic patterns -- 9. Euroversals -- Part Three. Historical Developments -- 10. From Old English to Present-Day English -- Part Four. Summary and Outlook -- 11. The major results and their implications for future research -- Notes -- Grammars and Dictionaries -- References -- Index of Authors -- Index of Languages -- Index of Subjects