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Aspects of a cognitive-pragmatic theory of language : on cognition, functionalism, and grammar /
This book is about a theory of language that combines two observations (1) that language is based on an extensive cognitive infrastructure (cognitivism) and (2) that it is functional for its user (functionalism). These observations are regarded as two dimensions of one phenomenon that both need to b...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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Amsterdam ; Philadelphia :
J. Benjamins,
1992.
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| Collection: | Pragmatics & beyond ;
new ser. 20. |
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | This book is about a theory of language that combines two observations (1) that language is based on an extensive cognitive infrastructure (cognitivism) and (2) that it is functional for its user (functionalism). These observations are regarded as two dimensions of one phenomenon that both need to be accounted for, simultaneously and coherently, in accounting for language. Chapter 1 presents the cognitivist and functionalist points of view and their interrelation and discusses the integration of language research under a cognitive umbrella; the issue of defining 'functions of language', and th. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (xii, 399 pages). |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789027285959 9027285950 128309276X 9781283092760 9786613092762 6613092762 |
| ISSN: | 0922-842X ; |