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The Functional Perspective on Language and Discourse: Applications and implications
Edited by María de los Ángeles Gómez González, Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco Gonzálvez-García and Angela Downing
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series 247] 2014
► pp. 1–16

On the relatedness of functionalism and pragmatics

| University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain
| University of La Rioja, Spain
| University of Almería, Spain
| Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
Published online: 16 May 2014
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https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.247.01ang
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