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Publication details [#19071]

Givón, Talmy. 1995. Functionalism and Grammar. John Benjamins. xvii + 486 pp.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

cognition | functionalism | language and thought

ISBN

90-272-2148-0

Annotation

A critical examination of the theoretical and methodological underpinnings of the functionalist approach to grammar. It challenges functionalists to take their own medicine and establish non-circular empirical definitions of both 'function' and 'structure'.

Reviewed by

Stolz, Thomas. 1997. Review of $Functionalism and Grammar.

Downing, Pamela. 1997. Review of $Functionalism and Grammar.

Dor, Daniel. 1996. Review of $Functionalism and Grammar.