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Publication details [#9719]

Verschueren, Jef. 1975. A tentative model for functional semantics. Handelingen van het Vlaams Filologencongres 30 : 141–148.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

functional semantics | speech act | text

Annotation

V. distinguishes three levels of language functions (i.e. speech acts, minimal texts, texts) for all of which a typology can be given and for which inter-level relationships can be formulated. This model of 'functional semantics' can be used to analyze texts.

Reprints

Coppieters, Frank and Didier L. Goyvaerts. 1978. Towards a functional semantics. In Coppieters, Frank and Didier L. Goyvaerts, eds. Functional studies in language and literature. Story Scientia. pp. 133–153.