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Dik, Simon C. 1978. Functional grammar. North Holland. xii + 230 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English

Annotation

This book develops a theory of grammar which is functional in two senses. First, it is based on a functional view of the nature of language: language as an instrument of social interaction. Second, the theory admits functional and relational notions as primitives of grammatical theory at three distinct levels of description: semantic functions (agent, goal, recipient, etc.), syntactic functions (subject and object), and pragmatic functions (topic, focus, etc.).

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