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systemic grammar
(sys|tem¦ic gram|mar)
(also
systemic linguistics
)
noun
[
mass noun
]
Linguistics
a method of analysis based on the conception of language as a network of systems determining the options from which speakers choose in accordance with their communicative goals.
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