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Martinet, André. 1962. A functional view of language. Being the Waynflete lectures delivered in the college of St. Mary Magdalen, Oxford 1961. Clarendon Press. x + 165 pp.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
functionalism vs. formalism | language change | language typology | language variety | linguistics | syntactic theory

Annotation

M. presents his general views on language and linguistics. He analyzes the opposition between formalism and realism (functionalism), sketches the basics of functional syntax, and inquires into the concepts of linguistic typology, linguistic variety, and linguistic evolution.