Language form and language function
By: Frederick J. Newmeyer.
Series: Language, speech, and communication
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 428
Subjects: Linguistics -- Methodology; Linguistic analysis (Linguistics); Formalization (Linguistics); Functionalism (Linguistics)
Description: The two basic approaches to linguistics are the formalist and the functionalist approaches. In this work, 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 compatibility of their results. One of the author's goals is to make each side more accessible to the other.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [371]-416) and indexes.
"A Bradford book."