Functional domains of language

functional domain	main areas
substantive notions and denomination	nominal classification, proper names, relationality (kinship), formation and modification of substantive notions
quantification, measuring and ordering	plurality, counting, non-numeral quantification, measurement and collection
reference	individuation, anchorage (incl. deixis), endophora (incl. reference tracking, determination)
possession	possession in reference, possessive predication, possession and participation, past and future possession
predication	existence and presentation, identification, categorization, characterization (property, comparison), change of category/property/state; secondary predication
participation	actor and control (causative constructions), undergoer and affectedness (applicative constructions), indirectus, desideration, experience, peripheral roles
design of situations	holistic vs. analytic representation (ideophones, verb series), temporal design of situations (time stability, telicity, phases of a situation), quality and quantity of situation core (intensification, gradation)
orientation in space	position and posture (incl. spatial and gestalt properties of objects), motion, reference points, spatial regions, local relations
orientation in time	moment and span, absolute time, temporal relation
junction	proposition vs. state-of-affairs, intrinsic relations (reported speech, content propositions), extrinsic relations (logical relations, concrete relations), pragmatic level of interpropositional relations
polarity	negation, polarity contrast
modality	obligation, volition, possibility; validation, acceptance, regret
discourse structure	information structure (topic vs. comment, presupposition vs. assertion, focus), emphasis
communicative relations	communication channel, illocution (declaration, question, request and command, hortatory/monitory), evidentiality, speaker's state of mind (incl exclamation); avoidance language