Description: Language, Speech, and Communication Ser.: Language Form and Language Function by. excellent in excellent jacket, First Printing 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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Number of Pages: 442 Pages
Publication Name: Language Form and Language Function
Language: English
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication Year: 1998
Subject: Linguistics / General
Item Height: 1.2 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 31.5 Oz
Subject Area: Language Arts & Disciplines
Item Length: 9.1 in
Author: Frederick J. Newmeyer
Series: Language, Speech, and Communication Ser.
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
