Language Form and Language Function (Language, Speech, and Communication)

Frederick J. J Newmeyer

ISBN 10: 0262640449 / ISBN 13: 9780262640442

Editore: MIT Press July 2000, 2000

used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners perhaps slightly bumped. pages and binding are clean, straight and tight. there are no marks to the text or other serious flaws. Codice articolo 1526199

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.

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Titolo: Language Form and Language Function (...
Casa editrice: MIT Press July 2000
Data di pubblicazione: 2000
Legatura: Trade Paperback
Condizione: VG