Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Abbreviations -- Mel'čuk's lexical functions and lexical-semantic relations -- Acknowledgements -- 1. General introduction -- 2. Acquisition of lexical and co-occurrence knowledge: an overview -- 3. A few collocational dictionaries -- 4. Pustejovsky's Generative Lexicon -- 5. Meaning - Text Theory and the Explanatory Combinatory Dictionary -- 6. Constructing a database from the Collins-Robert Dictionary -- 7. Defining formulae and lexical functions -- 8. A few suggestions towards the creation of additional functions -- 9. Assigning lexical functions: tests and consistency -- 10. A closer look at the lexical function Son -- 11. Noun alternations and sense extensions -- 12. Transitivity alternations -- 13. Metaphors and lexical functions -- 14. Pedagogical applications -- 15. General conclusions -- 16. Appendices -- 17. Résumé -- 18. Zusammenfassung -- 19. Bibliography -- 20. Index