Exploring Functional-Cognitive Space
Christopher S. Butler and Francisco Gonzálvez-García
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 157] 2014. xviii, 579 pp.
Christopher S. Butler
List of John Benjamins publications for which Christopher S. Butler plays a role.
Subjects Cognition and language | Functional linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Deconstructing Constructions
Edited by Christopher S. Butler and Javier Martín Arista
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 107] 2009. xx, 306 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Semantics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse: In honour of Angela Downing
Edited by Christopher S. Butler, Raquel Hidalgo Downing and Julia Lavid-López
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 85] 2007. xxx, 481 pp.
Subjects Discourse studies | Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
The Dynamics of Language Use: Functional and contrastive perspectives
Edited by Christopher S. Butler, María de los Ángeles Gómez González and Susana M. Doval-Suárez
[Pragmatics & Beyond New Series, 140] 2005. xvi, 413 pp.
Subjects Functional linguistics | Pragmatics | Theoretical linguistics
Structure and Function – A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories: Part 1: Approaches to the simplex clause
Christopher S. Butler
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 63] 2003. xx, 573 pp.
Subjects Functional linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Structure and Function – A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories: Part 2: From clause to discourse and beyond
Christopher S. Butler
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 64] 2003. xiv, 579 pp.
Subjects Functional linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
Structure and Function – A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories: 2 Volumes (set)
Christopher S. Butler
[Studies in Language Companion Series, 63-64] 2003. xx, 573 pp. & xiv, 579 pp.
Subjects Functional linguistics | Theoretical linguistics
2023 Chapter 6. The compound pronouns someone / somebody and everyone / everybody in present-day spoken English: An analysis based on the Spoken BNC2014 corpus Reconnecting Form and Meaning: In honour of Kristin Davidse, Gentens, Caroline, Lobke Ghesquière, William B. McGregor and An Van linden (eds.), pp. 145–182 | Chapter
This article builds on previous research on the compound pronoun sets somebody/someone and everybody/everyone to test the hypotheses that the -one and -body forms are semantically identical, but that stylistic and social factors play a role in their relative frequencies. Earlier findings are… read more
2022 Systemic functional grammar Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef and Jan-Ola Östman (eds.), pp. 1364–1370 | Chapter
2019 Does functional linguistics have a ‘fundamental unity’? Doing things with words in three structural-functional theories On mood and speech function and the ‘why’ of text analysis: In honour of Margaret Berry, Fontaine, Lise, Miriam Taverniers and Kristin Davidse (eds.), pp. 64–85 | Article
2018 Situating Valency Theory in functional-cognitive space Review of Cognitive Linguistics 16:2, pp. 348–398 | Article
This article builds on the work reported in Butler and Gonzálvez-García (2014), in which 16 functional and/or cognitive/constructionist theories were compared on the basis of questionnaires completed by experts and a reading of the literature on each approach. The aim is to extend this work to… read more
2013 Constructions in the Lexical Constructional Model Linking Constructions into Functional Linguistics: The role of constructions in grammar, Nolan, Brian and Elke Diedrichsen (eds.), pp. 271–294 | Article
This article discusses the concept of construction in the Lexical Constructional Model, focusing on tensions, concerned largely with the relationship between meaning and form in constructions, which have arisen in the model as a result of contributions from three different groups of scholars:… read more
2013 Systemic Functional Linguistics, Cognitive Linguistics and psycholinguistics: Opportunities for dialogue Functions of Language 20:2, pp. 185–218 | Article
The overall aim of this article is to explain why researchers working in Systemic Functional Linguistics and Cognitive Linguistics would benefit from dialogue with people working in psycholinguistics, and with each other. After a brief introduction, the positions on cognition taken in the Sydney… read more
2009 The Lexical Constructional Model: Genesis, strengths and challenges Deconstructing Constructions, Butler, Christopher S. and Javier Martín Arista (eds.), pp. 117–152 | Article
This article reviews briefly some recent work on relationships across a spectrum of functionalist, cognitivist and constructionist approaches to language. It then goes on to chart the history of the model currently known as the Lexical Constructional Model, showing how it has developed from work in… read more
2009 Introduction Deconstructing Constructions, Butler, Christopher S. and Javier Martín Arista (eds.), pp. xv–xx | Article
2008 'Basically speaking': A corpus-based analysis of three English adverbs and their formal equivalents in Spanish Current Trends in Contrastive Linguistics: Functional and cognitive perspectives, Gómez González, María de los Ángeles, J. Lachlan Mackenzie and Elsa M. González Álvarez (eds.), pp. 147–176 | Article
This chapter investigates the properties of basically, essentially andfundamentally and their formal Spanish equivalents básicamente, esencialmente and fundamentalmente, in corpora. After an initial study of the frequencies of the adverbs, I examine their collocational behaviour and show that the… read more
2007 Towards a cognitive-functional model of text comprehension Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse: In honour of Angela Downing, Butler, Christopher S., Raquel Hidalgo Downing and Julia Lavid-López (eds.), pp. 41–80 | Article
This paper examines two cognitively-based models of text comprehension and suggests how these might be combined, and integrated with a functional grammar in order to provide an overall model which takes us from a structured sequence of words to the understanding of the concepts conveyed. The paper… read more
2007 Notes towards an incremental implementation of the Role and Reference Grammar semantics-to-syntax linking algorithm for English Structural-Functional Studies in English Grammar: In honour of Lachlan Mackenzie, Hannay, Mike and Gerard J. Steen (eds.), pp. 275–307 | Article
This paper presents some ideas which might be incorporated into a functional model of language production based on an incremental application of the semantics-to-syntax linking procedure of Role and Reference Grammar (RRG). After a brief outline of syntax, semantics and their interrelationship as… read more
2007 Editorial introduction Functional Perspectives on Grammar and Discourse: In honour of Angela Downing, Butler, Christopher S., Raquel Hidalgo Downing and Julia Lavid-López (eds.), pp. xvii–xxv | Miscellaneous
2006 On functionalism and formalism: A reply to Newmeyer Functions of Language 13:2, pp. 197–227 | Article
The aim of this article is not only to reply to the points made in Newmeyer’s review of my Structure and function: A guide to three major structural-functional theories (S&F), but also to further discussion on relationships between functionalism and formalism. Functionalist claims about external… read more
2006 Mapping functional-cognitive space Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics: Volume 4, Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez, Francisco José (ed.), pp. 39–96 | Article
The aim of this paper is to describe in some detail the topography of the space occupied by functional and cognitive models. We describe the salient characteristics of functionalist, cognitivist and/or constructionist models against the general background of usage-based models, and also include in… read more
2005 Functional approaches to language The Dynamics of Language Use: Functional and contrastive perspectives, Butler, Christopher S., María de los Ángeles Gómez González and Susana M. Doval-Suárez (eds.), pp. 3–17 | Article
2005 Formulaic language: An overview with particular reference to the cross-linguistic perspective The Dynamics of Language Use: Functional and contrastive perspectives, Butler, Christopher S., María de los Ángeles Gómez González and Susana M. Doval-Suárez (eds.), pp. 221–242 | Article
2005 The present book The Dynamics of Language Use: Functional and contrastive perspectives, Butler, Christopher S., María de los Ángeles Gómez González and Susana M. Doval-Suárez (eds.), pp. 47–53 | Article
2004 Corpus studies and functional linguistic theories Functions of Language 11:2, pp. 147–186 | Article
This paper discusses the relationships between corpus linguistics and functionalist theories, specifically in the light of the distinction which has been proposed between ‘corpus-based’ and ‘corpus-driven’ approaches. It argues that functional theories must take on board the findings of… read more
2003 Multi-word sequences and their relevance for recent models of Functional Grammar Functions of Language 10:2, pp. 179–208 | Article
In recent research considerable interest has been shown in strings of linguistic items which appear to behave, in certain respects, as single items, and which are referred to in this paper as multi-word sequences. The aim of the paper is to investigate the interface between work on such phenomena… read more
2002 Review of Harald Baayen ((2001)): Word Frequency Distributions International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 7:1, pp. 124–131 | Review
2002 On being true to form: Models of syntax in Systemic Functional Grammar Functions of Language 9:1, pp. 61–86 | Review article
1998 Enriching the Functional Grammar lexicon The Structure of the Lexicon in Functional Grammar, Olbertz, Hella, Kees Hengeveld and Jesús Sánchez García (eds.), pp. 171–194 | Article
1998 Collocational Frameworks in Spanish International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 3:1, pp. 1–32 | Article
Collocational frameworks are discontinuous combinations of grammatical items which enclose lexical words (e.g., a_of in English). In this paper, the concept of collocational framework is applied to the analysis of five corpora of Spanish which allow comparisons across a range of communication… read more
1995 Systemic functional grammar Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual, Verschueren, Jef, Jan-Ola Östman and Jan Blommaert † (eds.), pp. 527–533 | Article
1988 Politeness and the semantics of modalised directives in English Linguistics in a Systemic Perspective, Benson, James D., Michael J. Cummings and William S. Greaves (eds.), pp. 119–154 | Article
1985 The applicability of systemic theories Australian Review of Applied Linguistics 8:1, pp. 1–30 | Article
