Functional domains of language

functional domain	main areas
categorization	conceptual types, categorization systems (nominal classes), proper names
concept formation	relationality (kinship), modification (attribution, apposition), concept anchoring (incl. by participation)
quantification, measuring and ordering	plurality, counting, non-numeral quantification, measurement and collection
reference	individuation, specificity, anchorage (incl. deixis), phora, reference tracking, determination
possession	possession in reference, possessive predication, possession and participation
predication	identification, categorization, characterization, situation (existence, placement, state, presentation), change of state; secondary predication
participation	control and affectedness, experience, peripheral roles
design of situations	holistic vs. analytic representation, time stability, telicity, quality and quantity of situation core (intensification)
orientation in space	orientation points, local relations, spatial regions, spatial and gestalt properties of objects, position and posture, motion
orientation in time	phases of a situation, 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, contrast, comparison, gradation
illocution and modality	illocution (declaration, question, exclamation, request and command, hortatory/monitory), modality (obligation, volition, possibility), evidentiality; speaker's state of mind
discourse structure	information structure (topic vs. comment, presupposition vs. assertion, focus, emphasis)