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Daneš, František. 1987. On Prague School functionalism in linguistics. In Daneš, František. On Prague School functionalism in linguistics. In : 3–38. : 3–38.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
linguistic methodology | prague school

Annotation

On the justification and methodological value of functionalism, the roots and developments of the Prague School, and its applications in different domains of linguistic description.

Articles in this volume

Dirven, René and Vilém Fried. By way of introduction. ix–xvii
Daneš, František. On Prague School functionalism in linguistics. 3–38
Davidse, Kristin. M.A.K. Halliday's functional grammar and the Prague School. 39–79
Dik, Simon C. Some principles of functional grammar. 81–100
Gebruers, Rudi. S. C. Dik's functional grammar: A pilgrimage to Prague? 101–134
Firbas, Jan. On the delimitation of the theme in functional sentence perspective. 137–156
Nosek, Jiri. Constitutive, informative and transformative models in modern English texts and sentences. 157–167
Sgall, Petr. Prague functionalism and topic vs. focus. 169–189
Svoboda, Ales. Functional sentence perspective and intensional logic. 191–205
Bates, Elizabeth and Brian MacWhinney. A functionalist approach to the acquisition of grammar. 209–264
Prideaux, Gary D. Processing strategies: A psycholinguistic neofunctionalism? 297–308
Labov, William. The overestimation of functionalism. 311–332
Haas, William. Function and structure in linguistic descriptions. 333–355
Hübler, Axel. Communication and expressivity. 357–380
Esser, Jürgen. Functions of intonation. 381–393
Vachek, Josef. Written language seen from the functionalist angle. 395–405
Boase-Beier, Jean. Word-formation and poetic language: Non-lexicalized nominal compounds in the poetry of Kevin Crossley-Holland. 409–424
McCawley, James D. A case of syntactic mimicry. 459–470
Ivir, Vladimir. Functionalism in contrastive analysis and translation studies. 471–481