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This research benefited from the generous help of many institutions and individuals. The National Endowment for the Humanities provided a valuable summer research stipend (FT-5327405), which was followed by a sabbatical leave from Southern Oregon University during which the manuscript was completed

Written by a leading researcher in the field, this fascinating examination of the relations between grammar, text, and discourse is designed to provoke critical discussion on key issues in discourse analysis which are not always clearly identified and examined.

Written by a leading researcher in the field Continues the enquiry into discourse analysis that Zellig Harris initiated 50 years ago, which raised a number of problematic issues that have remained unresolved ever since.

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