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Publication details [#20325]
Halliday, Michael A. K. 1988. On the ineffability of grammatical categories. In Gregory, Michael. Generic situation and register: A functional view of communication. In : 301–329. : 27–51.
Annotation
Analysis of linguistic metalanguage; more specifically of the problems involved in, or resulting from, using natural language as a metalanguage for lingistic theory. The article focuses on grammatical categories and problems involved in the process of naming them, establishing what they mean/represent, etc.