Functionalism in Linguistics

Name: Functionalism in Linguistics
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FUNCTIONALISM IN LINGUISTICS
Editorial page
Title page
Copyright page
List of Authors
Table of contents
BY WAY OF INTRODUCTION
Dedication
References
I. 'FUNCTIONAL LINGUISTICS OF PRAGUE' AND OTHER FUNCTIONAL APPROACHES
1. ON PRAGUE SCHOOL FUNCTIONALISM IN LINGUISTICS
1. Introduction
2. Different meanings of function. The roots of the functionalist approach.
3. Functional principle in contemporary science
4. The functional approach in the Prague School: different ways and domains of its employment
4.1 The methodological device "From functions to the means of communication and expression
4.2. External functions of language (and/or of utterances). Functional Stylistics
4.3. Functions of units on different linguistic levels (internal functions)
4.3.1. Phonology
4.3.1.1. Phonological features in respect to language functions
4.3.1.2 The phonology of sentence (utterance)
4.3.2. The other linguistic levels. 'Function' vs. 'meaning' of linguistic units
4.4. Other uses of the term functional
4.4.1. The functional load of linguistic elements
4.4.2. The functional sentence (utterance) perspective
4.5. The functional interpretation of language development
5. Other functional approaches in linguistics
Notes
References
2. M.A.K. HALLIDAY'S FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR AND THE PRAGUE SCHOOL
0. Introduction
1. The functionalism of Halliday
1.1. System
1.1.1. Systemic grammar
1.1.2. Sociosemantic networks
1.2. Metafunction
1.2.1. Halliday's metafunctional interpretation of system networks
1.2.2. The correlation between metafunctions and register variables
1.2.3. A functional approach to language development
1.2.4. A comparison with the Prague School
1.2.5. Some critical comments
2. Some descriptive achievements of Halliday and the Prague School
2.1. A three-level approach to syntax
2.1.1 Danes
2.1.2. Halliday
2.1.3. Comparison between Halliday and Danes
2.2. FSP versus Halliday's thematic and information structure
3. Conclusion
Notes
References
3. SOME PRINCIPLES OF FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR
0. Introduction
1. The senses of 'functional'
2. The functional view of natural language
3. The status of functional relations
4. Practical applicability
5. The organization of a Functional Grammar
5.1. Predicates and predicate-frames
5.2 Terms and term formation
5.3. Syntactic function assignment
5.4. Pragmatic function assignment
5.5. Fully specified predications
5.6. Expression rules
6. Conclusion
References
4. S.C. DIK'S FUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR: A PILGRIMAGE TO PRAGUE?
0. Introduction
1. A Functional View of Language
1.1 Language as an Instrument
1.2 Implications of the Functional View of Languge
2. A Functional Analysis of the Sentence
2.1 The Incorporation of the Hearer into the Linguistic Description
2.2 The "Functional Sentence Perspective" in PS
2.3 FG and the Information Structure of the Sentence
3. Summary and Conclusion
Notes
References
II. THE THEME-RHEME (TOPIC-COMMENT) ISSUE IN THE PRAGUIAN TRADITION
5. ON THE DELIMITATION OF THE THEME IN FUNCTIONAL SENTENCE PERSPECTIVE
0. Introduction
1. Main points dealt with in my previous research
2. Exploration of Mathesius's conception of theme
3. Features and circumstances to be taken into account for the delimitation of theme
3.1 Context dependence
3.2 Less dynamic context-independent information
3.3 Low degrees of CD
3.4 The boundary between the thematic and the non-thematic section of the sentence
3.5 The foundation-laying function
3.6 Aboutness
3.7 The syntactic and formal features of the theme
3.8 A functional and structural (systemic) view of the theme
3.9 The intonational features of the theme
4. Summing up
Notes
References
6. CONSTITUTIVE, INFORMATIVE AND TRANSFORMATIVE MODELS IN MODERN ENGLISH TEXTS AND SENTENCES
1. The concept of 'linguistic text' in Prague School Linguistics
2. Theme-rheme structure and the subset of sentence constituents
3. Conclusion
References
7. PRAGUE FUNCTIONALISM AND TOPIC VS. FOCUS
1. The three basic features of functionalism
1.1. Linguistic units, levels and hierarchies
1.2. Language as a functioning system, adopted to its communicative role
1.3. Mutual relationship between the three basic features
2. Illustration of the adaptation of the structure of a sentence to its functioning in discourse
2.1 Examples
2.2. On what basis are topic and focus to be defined?
2.3. How is TFA conveyed?
3. Conclusion
Notes
References
8. FUNCTIONAL SENTENCE PERSPECTIVE AND INTENSIONAL LOGIC
0. Introduction
1. Principles and assumptions of intensional logic
2. Different constructions, same proposition
3. Different FSP, different constructions
4. Different FSP, different constructions, different propositions
5. Overt and covert semantic difference
6. Conclusion
References
III. FUNCTIONALISM AS A PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ISSUE
9. A FUNCTIONALIST APPROACH TO THE ACQUISITION OF GRAMMAR
1. Functions and means in topicalization and commenting
1.1. Introduction: Autonomous vs. functionalist approach
1.2. Defining topic and comment
1.3. Topicalization: Why and how
1.4. Commenting: Why and how
2. Evidence from early child language
2.1. Longitudinal evidence
2.1.1. Subject and word order
2.1.2. Other grammatical devices associated with topic-comment
2.2. Experimental Evidence
3. Conclusion
References
10. FUNCTIONAL SENTENCE PERSPECTIVE IN DISCOURSE AND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
1. Functional sentence perspective and discourse
1.0 Problems of method and terminology
1.1 Functional sentence perspective: some basic notions
1.2 Pragmatic constraints on given and new information
1.2.0 Introduction
1.2.1 Identifiability
1.2.2 Informativity
1.3 Discourse relevant mutual knowledge and its sources
1.4 Sentential themes and topic frames
2. A functional approach to child language
2.1 Community membership and the social foundations of DRMK
2.2 Informativity and variability: Given and New in one-word utterances
2.3 Syntax and the expansion of the rhematic function
2.4 Discourse and the development of anaphoric devices
3. Conclusion
Notes
References
11. PROCESSING STRATEGIES: A PSYCHOLINGUISTIC NEOFUNCTIONALISM?
1. Introduction
2. Processing Strategies
3. Summary
References
IV. FUNCTIONALISM IN GENERAL LINGUISTICS
12. THE OVERESTIMATION OF FUNCTIONALISM
0. Introduction: An ideological rift in linguistic theory
1. Functional explanations of sound change
1.1. Chain shifts
1.2. Constraints on sound change.
1.3. Near-mergers
2. Constraints on phonological variation.
2.1. Simplification of English final clusters.
2.2. The aspiration and deletion of Spanish /s/.
2.3. The perfect (s) of Ladakhi
3. Syntactic variation
4. Overview
Notes
References
13. FUNCTION AND STRUCTURE IN LINGUISTIC DESCRIPTIONS
0. Introduction
1. Retrospective
1.1 Structure without function: distributional linguistics
1.2 Criteria of functional relevance
2. Functional Analysis
2.1 Functions in mathematics and logic
2.2 Linguistic function
3. The twofold patterning of utterances
3.1 Phonological units: distinctive value
3.2 Grammatical units: semantic value
3.2.1 Content-entities
3.2.2 Distributional patterning
3.2.3 A functional approach
3.2.4 'Having meaning'
4. Presuppositions and extensions of functional analysis
4.1 Difference of meaning
4.2 Pre-theoretical explanation
4.3 Linguistic description beyond the sentence
4.4 Teleological interpretation
Notes
REFERENCES
14. COMMUNICATION AND EXPRESSIVITY
1. The expressive function
2. Layers of expressivity
3. Modes of expressing
4. Expressivity as mode vécu
4.1 Emotions and expressions
4.2. Markedness
4.3. Semiotic status
4.4. Pragmatic meaning
4.4.1. Diagnostic problems
4.5. The interpersonal meaning function
5. In a social perspective
Notes
References
15. FUNCTIONS OF INTONATION
1. Introduction
2. Functions of intonation as a phenomenon sui generis
3. Global subfunctions of intonation seen in relation to other language units
4. Functions of intonation as part of general language functions
5. The quest for a dominant function of intonation
Notes
References
16. WRITTEN LANGUAGE SEEN FROM THE FUNCTIONALIST ANGLE
1. Increasing interest in written language
2. The development of Praguian views of written language
3. Correspondences between the spoken and the written norm of language
4. Queries raised against the autonomy of the written norm and their refutation
4.1 A written norm not a language universal
4.2. The non-existence of graphemic distinctive features
4.3 Objections drawing on mistaken analogy with facts of music
5. Functionalist conception of written norm providing deeper insight into facts of language
Notes
References
V. FUNCTIONALISM IN LINGUISTIC DESCRIPTION
17. WORD-FORMATION AND POETIC LANGUAGE: NON-LEXICALIZED NOMINAL COMPOUNDS IN THE POETRY OF KEVIN CROSSLEY-HOLLAND
1. An interactionist view of poetic language
2. Acceptable and unacceptable compounds
3. Metaphor
4. Foregrounding and the "Minimax Principle
5. Ambiguity
Notes
References
18. ON ACCEPTABLE VIOLATIONS OF PARALLELISM CONSTRAINTS
0. Introduction: the data
1. Analytical approaches to HCCs: examination and evaluation
1.1. The parenthetical analysis
1.2. The dummy 'and' analysis
1.3. The right node raising-string coordination analysis
1.4. The coordination-reduction/expansion approach
2. The Focus Constraint
3. Summary and conclusions
Notes
References
19. A CASE OF SYNTACTIC MIMICRY
Notes
References
20. FUNCTIONALISM IN CONTRASTIVE ANALYSIS AND TRANSLATION STUDIES
0. Introduction
1. A necessary basis for contrastive anallysis
2. Translation as a basis of contrastive analysis
3. A model of contrastive analysis
4. Differences of langue and translation theory and practice
5. Functions of parole in translation
References
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