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Vol. 17:2 (2010) ► pp.243–254

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Robin P. Fawcett. Invitation to Systemic Functional Linguistics through the Cardiff Grammar. An extension and simplification of Halliday’s Systemic Functional Grammar. London & Oakville: Equinox, 2008. v+272 pp. ISBN 90 272 2953 8(Eur.) 1 58811 120 2(US)

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