Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- List of abbreviations and symbols -- 0. Introduction -- 1. Some basic concepts of Functional Grammar -- 2. The data -- 3. What are verbal periphrases? -- 4. Lexical constructions -- 5. Semi-auxiliary constructions -- 6. Periphrastic constructions -- 7. The semantics of periphrases -- 8. The syntax of periphrases -- 9. Conclusions -- Appendices -- References -- Index of names -- Index of subjects -- Backmatter