Functionalism in Linguistics

Functionalism in Linguistics
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 508
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ISBN-10 : 9789027215246
ISBN-13 : 9027215243
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Book Synopsis Functionalism in Linguistics by : René Dirven

Download or read book Functionalism in Linguistics written by René Dirven and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1987-01-01 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a variety of viewpoints on the functional approach to the study of language. After an exposition of the Prague School functionalism, and Dik's and Halliday's functional approaches, it presents a wider area of text-linguistic, psycholinguistic, sociolinguistic, theoretical, descriptive and applied issues from a functional point of view, testifying of the very wide-spread and in-depth impact of functionalist thought on the present-day linguistic scene.


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