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Explorations in Semantics and Pragmatics.

The aim of this book is to show the way forward to a coherent view of language in which the achievement of the formalist paradigm is strengthened to the extent that its claims are weakened. A formal theory such as generative grammar is a special theory which is to be subsumed in a general theory of...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Leech, Geoffrey N.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1980.
Colección:Pragmatics & beyond ; 1:5.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The aim of this book is to show the way forward to a coherent view of language in which the achievement of the formalist paradigm is strengthened to the extent that its claims are weakened. A formal theory such as generative grammar is a special theory which is to be subsumed in a general theory of linguistic communication that also includes pragmatics. The tension between the psycho-formalist and the socio-functional views could be resolved in a synthesis whereby both the psychological and social natures of language are fully acknowledged. Semantics and pragmatics, representing these two natu.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (141 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789027281098
9027281092
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9781283359825
9786613359827
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