The grammatical system has ... a functional input and a structural output; it provides the mechanism for different functions to be combined in one utterance. (Michael Halliday)

The grammatical system has ... a functional input and a structural output; it provides the mechanism for different functions to be combined in one utterance.

Michael Halliday

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