Systemic Functional Grammar: A Next Step Into The Theory — Axial Relations

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  • Misunderstanding Units, Elements And Systems As Relationships
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  • Confusing Meaners With Meaning
  • Misunderstanding The Trinocular Perspective
  • Giving Priority To The View 'From Below' [1]
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  • Misunderstanding Word Rank Forms As Clause Rank Functions [1]
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  • Giving Priority To The View 'From Below' [1]
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  • The Motivation For Speech Function vs Mood
  • Looking Up To Discourse Semantics
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