Language: From Meaning to Text

by Igor Mel'cuk

This volume presents a sketch of the Meaning-Text linguistic approach, richly illustrated by examples borrowed mainly, but not exclusively, from English. Chapter 1 expounds the basic idea that underlies this approach-that a natural language must be described as a correspondence between linguistic meanings and linguistic texts-and explains the organization of the book. Chapter 2 introduces the notion of linguistic functional model, the three postulates...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1618117696
• ISBN13: 9781618117694
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Academic Studies Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"