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Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 13:00:24
From: Nora Voß [nora.voss at degruyter.com]
Subject: Functional Approaches to Language: Bischoff, Jany (eds.)

 


Title: Functional Approaches to Language 
Series Title: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]  

Publication Year: 2016 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton
	

Book URL: http://www.degruyter.com/view/product/182594?rskey=svsEgD&format=B 


Editor: Shannon Bischoff
Editor: Carmen Jany

Paperback: ISBN:  9783110484762 Pages: 251 Price: Germany € 19.95


Abstract:

Functionalism, as characterized by Allen, (2007:254) "holds that linguistic
structures can only be understood and explained with reference to the semantic
and communicative functions of language, whose primary function is to be a
vehicle for social interaction among human beings." Since the 1970s, inspired
by the work of Jespersen, Bolinger, Dik, Halliday, and Chafe, functionalism
has been attached to a variety of movements and models making major
contributions to linguistic theory and to various subfields within
linguistics, such as syntax, discourse, language acquisition, cognitive
linguistics, typology, and documentary linguistics. Further, functional
approaches have had a major impact outside linguistics in fields such as
psychology and education, both in terms of theory and application. The main
goal of functionalist approaches is to clarify the dynamic relationship
between form and function (Thompson 2003:53). Functionalist perspectives have
gained more ground over the past decades with more linguists resorting to
functional explanations to account for linguistic structure. The authors in
this volume present the current state of functional approaches to linguistic
inquiry expanding our knowledge of language and linguistics.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories
                     Syntax


Written In: English  (eng)

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