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Introduction to functional grammar. By M. A. K. Halliday London & Baltimore: Edward Arnold, 1985. Pp. xxxv, 387.

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Introduction to functional grammar. By M. A. K. Halliday London & Baltimore: Edward Arnold, 1985. Pp. xxxv, 387.

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Christian Matthiessen
Christian Matthiessen*
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Department of Linguistics, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006 Australia
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Language , Volume 65 , Issue 4 , December 1989 , pp. 862 - 871
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