Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations and symbols -- Introduction -- 1. Existentials: a survey of general characteristics -- 2. Relevant aspects of Functional Grammar -- 3. The argument of the existential predicate -- 4. In support of the embedded predication analysis -- 5. Definite terms in existentials -- 6. The predicate restriction -- 7. Representations and expression rules -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Author index -- Subject index