Bok-Hee, Lee. 2001. Predication, Ontology and Entity. Studies in Modern Grammar 25, 175-190. This study discusses some questions of the relation of the linguistic ontology to syntactic structure. It is argued that all predication involves a functional head and predicate takes as its complement a property-denoting XP. The presence of the functional head is driven by considerations of predication and argumenthood. Given that predication is mediated by a functional head, it is possible to maintain the claim that only FunPs can denote entity. Property is always represented syntactically by lexical projections and can be individual level or stage level. Entity is represented by functional projections, and has several different subtypes, including individuals, states of affairs and propositions.