We call it a function. That is to say it has a function; it has a function within our understanding of the way in which a text has structure.

我们之所以称之为功能是因为它有功能;,我们文本结构的角度,去认识这种功能。

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Now it's odd that this text does have the same formative function.

这样的话这本书的权威性就收到了质疑。

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Every aspect of the structure of the text can be understood as having a function.

文本结构的每一方面都能被理解为,有特定的功能。

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