Qs: 'Review article' on functionalism

[Frederick Newmeyer]

Guy,

If I might also be so immodest as to suggest something that I wrote
myself, you might consider my book LANGUAGE FORM AND LANGUAGE FUNCTION,
published just this month by MIT Press. In it, I lay out what I see as the
differences between functionalist and generativist approaches and argue
that the autonomy of language structure is compatible with central aspects
of that structure being functionally motivated.

Fritz
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On Wed, 30 Dec 1998, Guy Deutscher wrote:

> Dear funknetters,
>
> I have been asked by a palaeontologist colleague if there is a good article
> which summarises the differences between the functionalist and generativist
> approaches to language. Can anyone recommend an article (or even a book)
> which (1) would be accessible to non-linguists and (2) would give a fair
> assessment of the functionalist view of  language and its development?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Guy Deutscher
>
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> Dr Guy Deutscher
> St. John's College
> Cambridge CB2 1TP
> England
>