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Vol. 12:2 (2005) ► pp.275–283

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Christopher S. Butler. Structure and function: A guide to three major structural-functional theories. Part 1. Approaches to the simplex clause & Part 2. From clause to discourse and beyond. [Studies in Language Companion Series, 63]. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2003. xx + 570 pp. xiii + 576 pp. ISBN 90 272 3069 2 / 90 272 3071 4

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