Johnson (1973) suggested that it originated in the restinga, meaning the low vegetation found in the sandy soil along the coast of eastern and northeastern Brazil. The similarity between the form of cultivated A. occidentale and the native trees found in resting vegetation is high (Johnson 1973...
Systemic functional theory embodies a multilingual perspective to language from its earliest formulation. However, it was not until the last two decades that descriptions of languages other than English, particularly in the light of language typology, garnered much interest among scholars working with s...