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Publication details [#28183]

Steiner, Erich. 1991. A functional perspective on language, action and interpretation: An initial approach with a view to computational modelling. De Gruyter Mouton. vii + 289 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
action | computer simulation | functional grammar2 | interpretation | systemic grammar

Annotation

This contribution to systemic functional grammar deals with the representation of language as human goal-directed action, stratified into the ranks of activity, action and operation, as opposed to (computer) knowledge representation.

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Veltman, Robert. 1996. Review of $A functional perspective on language, action and interpretation: An initial approach with a view to computational modelling.