[Lingtyp] Question about functional linguistics

[Riccardo Giomi]

Dear Eitan (and all),

I can't tell if (parts of) this would be an appropriate reading for your course, and quite possibly you already know the book; but for sure, a very meaningful and theoretically solid overview of functional approaches is

Christopher S. Butler & Francisco Gonzálvez-García. 2014. Exploring Functional-Cognitive Space. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

For me, this is a true reference book.

Best wishes,
Riccardo

Riccardo Giomi
Assistant Professor of Functional Linguistics
University of Amsterdam
Faculty of Humanities: Department of Linguistics
Spuistraat 134, 1012 VB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Subject: [Lingtyp] Question about functional linguistics

Hi all,

This is maybe a mail for a mailing list that no longer exists, the old FunkNet, but I thought I'd give it a try.

I am putting together a syllabus for an advanced BA course on functional linguistics, and have been re-reading a lot of the articles that have been meaningful for me over the years, and it is difficult to make a choice.

I wanted to ask for the wisdom of the crowd -- what articles (or books) in functional linguistics have been meaningful for you? What have you read with students? What works do you think every student should read?

I should say that I have in mind what is usually called West Coast Functionalism and usage-based linguistics, but would be happy to hear your thoughts on other perspectives.

Any replies would be much appreciated, and I would be happy to share the resulting reading list/syllabus.

Eitan


Eitan Grossman
Associate Professor, Department of Linguistics
Department of Linguistics
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Tel: +972 2 588 3809


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