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1  Introduction
2  Word meanings
3  Word forms: units
4  Word forms: processes
5  Composition
6  Sentences
7  Grammatical categories
8 Derivation
8.1  Derivational morphology
8.2  Foregrounding and backgrounding
8.3  Active and passive voice
8.4  More verb derivation
8.5  Problems
Appendices
A1  Phonetic symbols
A2  Glossary
A3  Languages cited
A4  References

8.2 Foregrounding and backgrounding

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Edition 3.0; 2006-08-25
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