Language Form and Language Function - Couverture souple

Newmeyer, Frederick J. J

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0262640449 ISBN 13 : 9780262640442

Editeur : MIT Press, 2000

Synopsis

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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Présentation de l'éditeur

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. 

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: MIT Press
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0262640449
• ISBN 13: 9780262640442
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 443
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible