Language Form and Language Function - Brossura

Newmeyer, Frederick J. J

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0262640449 ISBN 13: 9780262640442

Casa editrice: MIT Press, 2000

Riassunto

The two basic approaches to linguistics are the formalist and the functionalist approaches. In this engaging monograph, Frederick J. Newmeyer, a formalist, argues that both approaches are valid. However, because formal and functional linguists have avoided direct confrontation, they remain unaware of the compatability of their results. One of the author's goals is to make each side accessible to the other. While remaining an ardent formalist, Newmeyer stresses the limitations of a narrow formalist outlook that refuses to consider that anything of interest might have been discovered in the course of functionalist-oriented research. He argues that the basic principles of generative grammar, in interaction with principles in other linguistic domains, provide compelling accounts of phenomena that functionalists have used to try to refute the generative approach.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: MIT Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0262640449
• ISBN 13: 9780262640442
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 443
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile