Introduction
1. Adverbials: from predicative to discourse functions
Laure Sarda, Shirley Carter-Thomas, BenjaminFagard & Michel Charolles
I. Lexicalization and subjectification: adverbials inthe predicate zone
2. A paradoxical case of locative inversion in French
Catherine Fuchs
3. Path settings: How dynamic conceptualizationpermits the use of path expressions as settingadverbials
Tuomas Huumo
II. Initial positioning and text organization: a focuson indexing strategies
4. Sentence-initial adverbials in written texts: Ondiscourse functions and cognitive motivations
Tuija Virtanen
5. The positioning of adverbials: discourse functionreconsidered
Peter Crompton
6. Sentence-initial adverbials and text comprehension
Yves Bestgen & Sophie Piérard
III. From adverbials to discourse (structure)markers: which grammaticalization path?
7. The French adverbial dans un premier temps andDiscourse Relations: From Elaboration to Contrast
Myriam Bras & Catherine Schnedecker
8.From local adverbials to discourse markers: Threecase studies in the diachrony of French
Benjamin Fagard & Laure Sarda
9. Word order and the development of connectivemarkers in English
Diana Lewis
IV. Translation perspectives on adverbial clausepositioning
10. Discourse role guiding clause type and position intranslation
Bergljot Behrens & Kåre Solfjeld
11. Discourse-coordinating or discoursesubordinating?The discourse function of clauserelatedrelative clauses in a translation perspective
Wiebke Ramm