List of Figures
Lecture 1 Introduction
English word order and English inversion
Basic tenets of cognitive linguistics

Lecture 2 The Ground before Figure Cognitive Model
Previous accounts of FVI
Ground before Figure

Lecture 3 Classification of FVIs
Towards a radial classification of FVI
The phonology ofFVI： A matter of focus

Lecture 4 Semantic and Structural Properties of FVIs
Polarity
Transitivity

Lecture 5 Properties of FVIs Continued
Embeddedness
Auxiliaries
Weight

Lecture 6 FVIs in Discourse
FVIs in description
FVIs in narration
FVIs in exposition

Lecture 7 The There-Existential Construction
There-existential as a default instantiation of GbF
Other issues of the there-existential explained

Lecture 8 The SAI Construction
The ASC： a construction of mood
The XASC： a construction of focus

Lecture 9 The Issue of Invertability
The Invertability Hypothesis
Hypothesis applied

Lecture 10 Conclusion
Summary
Inversion and cognitive linguistics
References
Sources of Examples