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). María de los Ángeles Gómez-González 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).