Aspects of a Cognitive-Pragmatic Theory of Language: On Cognition, Functionalism, and Grammar
(Book #16 in the Pragmatics & Beyond New Series Series)
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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...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:1556192886
ISBN13:9781556192883
Release Date:January 1991
Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Company
Length:411 Pages
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