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Historical Linguistics and the History of English - A Systemic Function Approach - Michael Cummings
Michael Cummings [+]
York University, Toronto.
Michael Cummings is Professor emeritus and Senior Scholar in the English Department of York University, Toronto. His research interests include Systemic Functional linguistic approaches to discourse and lexico-grammar in Old English and modern English.
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This chapter reviews and summarizes the description so far, noting some areas where it does not completely account for the data. The reader is shown how the description may be extended to greater depth and delicacy at their own devising.