04417nam 22007931 450 991079088830332120230803022410.03-11-048476-53-11-028533-93-11-028532-010.1515/9783110285321(CKB)2550000001157373(EBL)1037916(OCoLC)862369815(SSID)ssj0001061019(PQKBManifestationID)11587572(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001061019(PQKBWorkID)11097500(PQKB)10465839(MiAaPQ)EBC1037916(DE-B1597)176340(OCoLC)865059645(OCoLC)867630861(DE-B1597)9783110285321(Au-PeEL)EBL1037916(CaPaEBR)ebr10811319(CaONFJC)MIL540419(EXLCZ)99255000000115737320131114h20132013 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrFunctional approaches to language /edited by Shannon T. Bischoff, Carmen JanyBerlin ;Boston :De Gruyter Mouton,[2013]©20131 online resource (260 p.)Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ;248Trends in linguistics.Studies and monographs ;248International conference proceedings.3-11-028521-5 1-306-09168-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front matter --Contents --Introduction /Bischoff, Shannon T. / Jany, Carmen --On the Intellectual Roots of Functionalism in Linguistics /Givón, T. --Functional Explanation and its Uses /Itkonen, Esa --Structure and Function: A Niche-Constructional Approach /Harder, Peter --Toward a Thought-Based Linguistics /Chafe, Wallace --Changing Language /Kaschak, Michael P. / Ann Gernsbacher, Morton --An Outline of Discourse Grammar /Heine, Bernd / Kaltenböck, Gunther / Kuteva, Tania / Long, Haiping --Towards an Experimental Functional Linguistics: Production /Menn, Lise / Duffield, Cecily Jill / Narasimhan, Bhuvana --Acknowledgements --References --IndexFunctionalism, 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 1970's, 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.Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]Functional discourse grammarCongressesFunctionalism (Linguistics)CongressesStructural linguisticsCongressesDiscourse and Structure.Functionalism.Language and Thought.Linguistics.Typological-Functional Explanations.Functional discourse grammarFunctionalism (Linguistics)Structural linguistics418ER 765rvkBischoff Shannon T1465000Jany Carmen1970-1465001MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790888303321Functional approaches to language3674826UNINA