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In:Linguistics in a Systemic Perspective
Edited by James D. Benson, Michael J. Cummings and William S. Greaves
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 39] 1988
► pp. v–viii

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Published online: 1 January 1988
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Table of contents

Introductionix
Intonation and meaning in spontaneous discourse1
On the ineffability of grammatical categories27
Systemic syntax from a lexical point of view53
Sense and structure in lexis73
Text, terms and meanings: Some principles of analysis99
Politeness and the semantics of modalised directives in English119
On different possibilities in the syntax of English155
The English personal pronouns: An exercise in linguistic theory185
Semantics for a systemic grammar: The chooser and inquiry framework221
Grammatical conspiracies in tagalog: Family, face and fate — with regard to benjamin lee whorf243
Generic situation and register: A functional view of communication301
What did Milton say belial said and why don’t the critics believe him?331
The interaction of language and music as semiotic systems: The example of a folk ballad393
Index443
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