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Functions of Language
Vol. 23:3 (2016) ► pp.400–409
Book review

Evelien Keizer. A Functional Discourse Grammar of English
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2015. xviii + 336 pp. ISBN 978-0-19957187-1(Pbk) 978-0-19-957186-4(Hbk)

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| University of Santiago de Compostela
Published online: 16 February 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/fol.23.3.07gom
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