item linguist memoriam simon c dik great sadness inform death march simon c dik one world s lead theoretician functional linguistics simon occupy chair general linguistic university amsterdam illness manifest itself two earlier force resign dure develop theory functional grammar foundation lay dissertation coordination far illness allow simon continue work further development theory until death result work twovolume theory functional grammar publish posthumously dure career simon constant source inspiration encouragement both teacher scholar colleague student significance work field linguistics effectivity enormous energy put promote linguistic research deserve our recognition gratitude member community linguist work within framework functional grammar especially feel loss our personal contact gratefully acknowledge unend invaluable involvement progress linguistic research until end simon leave behind wife willy daughter iri hester son remco machtelt bolkestein ot alf let uva nl casper de groot casperdg alf let uva nl kee hengeveld khengeveld alf let uva nl 