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Review published In: Functions of Language
Vol. 22:3 (2015) ► pp.408–416

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María de los Ángeles Gómez González, Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco Gonzálvez García & Angela Downing (eds.). The functional perspective on language and discourse. Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 2014. viii + 292 pp. ISBN 978 9027256522

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Published online: 10 December 2015
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