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The interdependent relation of clause complexes in SFL is grammatical in nature, and the logico-semantic relation, semantic. In this study, we divided the interdependent relations into parataxis, hypotaxis, and embedding and conducted a corpus-based study on these types of relations. The research findings will answer the research questions.

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  1. School of Foreign Languages, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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He, Q. (2019). Conclusion. In: A Corpus-Based Approach to Clause Combining in English from the Systemic Functional Perspective. The M.A.K. Halliday Library Functional Linguistics Series. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-7391-6_7

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