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Since the 1970s functionalism has been attached to a variety of movements and models making major contributions to linguistic theory. Over the past decades it has gained more ground, and we now have a substantial body of literature from various perspectives making a positive impact on the field of l...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: | [2013] |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Trends in linguistics. studies and monographs [tilsm];
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110285321 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783110285321.jpg |
| Summary: |
Since the 1970s functionalism has been attached to a variety of movements and models making major contributions to linguistic theory. Over the past decades it has gained more ground, and we now have a substantial body of literature from various perspectives making a positive impact on the field of linguistics. This collection of papers brings leading scholars in this area together to provide recognition to the impact of functionalism on current linguistic theory highlighting its nature as a leading force within linguistics and beyond and defining its current and future directions. |
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1 online resource(vii,251pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9783110285321（electronic bk.） |
| Index Number: | P147 |
| CLC: | H0 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / On the Intellectual Roots of Functionalism in Linguistics / Functional Explanation and its Uses / Structure and Function: A Niche-Constructional Approach / Toward a Thought-Based Linguistics / Changing Language / An Outline of Discourse Grammar / Towards an Experimental Functional Linguistics: Production / Acknowledgements -- References -- Index. |