About the Author

The Editors: Lachlan Mackenzie, born in Scotland, was Professor of English Language at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. He is now a Consultant in Linguistics in Lisbon and publishes widely in Functional Grammar. He recently co-edited A New Architecture for Functional Grammar (2004) and Crucial Readings in Functional Grammar (2005).
Mar�a de los �ngeles G�mez-Gonz�lez is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She is leader of the SCIMITAR Research Group and publishes extensively in functional linguistics. She is co-editor of The Dynamics of Language Use (2005) and author of The Theme - Topic Interface (2001).