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Introduction When one takes a functional approach to the study of natural languages, the ultimate questions one is interested in can be formulated as: How does

Volume one of a two volume set outlining and comparing three approaches to the study of language labelled 'structural-functionalist': functional grammar (FG); r

In functional grammar, the lexicon plays a central role. Lexical items form the basic building blocks around which the structure of a clause is built. This book