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Publication details [#8340]
Sanders, Gerald A. 1976. Functional constraints on grammars. In Juilland, Alphonse, ed. Linguistic studies offered to Joseph Greenberg on the occasion of his sixtieth birthday. In collaboration with A.M. Devine and Laurence D. Stephens. Anma Libri. pp. 161–178.
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
S. presents the principles of a functional view on grammar, he discusses some of its basic concepts ('function', 'instrument') in the framework of a general metatheory, and he illustrates its applicability to some aspects of the grammar of Dakota.