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Paperback Formalism and Functionalism in Linguistics: The Engineer and the Collector Book

ISBN: 0367787849

ISBN13: 9780367787844

Formalism and Functionalism in Linguistics: The Engineer and the Collector

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This volume is a concise introduction to the lively ongoing debate between formalist and functionalist approaches to the study of language. The book grounds its comparisons between the two in both historical and contemporary contexts where, broadly speaking, formalists' focus on structural relationships and idealized linguistic data contrasts with functionalists' commitment to analyzing real language used as a communicative tool. The book highlights...

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