Functionalism and Grammar
T. Givón
This book is Prof. Givón's long-awaited critical examination of the fundamental theoretical and methodological underpinnings of the functionalist approach to grammar. It challenges functionalists to take their own medicine and establish non-circular empirical definitions of both 'function' and 'structure'. Ideological hand-waving, however fervent and right-thinking, is seldom an adequate substitute for analytic rigor and empirical responsibility. If the reductionist extremism of the various structuralist schools is to be challenged on solid intellectual grounds, the challenge cannot itself be equally extreme in its reductionism.
년:
1995
출판사:
John Benjamins Publishing Company
언어:
english
ISBN 10:
155619501X
ISBN 13:
9781556195013
파일:
PDF, 35.97 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1995