The system of transitivity: An exploratory study of text-based profiles

Functions of Language

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-51

  Matthiessen, Christian M I M ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84989366132     PISSN: 0929998X     EISSN: 15699765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/fol.6.1.02mat     Document Type: Article

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