Functional Discourse Grammar

Functional Discourse Grammar
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 528
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ISBN-10 : 9780199278107
ISBN-13 : 0199278105
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Book Synopsis Functional Discourse Grammar by : Kees Hengeveld

Download or read book Functional Discourse Grammar written by Kees Hengeveld and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-07 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive presentation of Functional Discourse Grammar. The authors set out its nature and origins and show how it relates to contemporary linguistic theory. They demonstrate and test its explanatory power and descriptive utility against linguistic facts from over 150 languages across a full range of linguistic families.


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