Functional Explanations in Linguistics
Editor
| Free University of Brussels
[Belgian Journal of Linguistics, 1] 1986. 285 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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IntroductionAlain Bossuyt | pp. 7–10
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On the Notion "Functional Explanation"Simon C. Dik | pp. 11–52
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On Functional Explanations of Language Change, Universals and RulesMichel Kefer | pp. 53–66
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Functional Explanations in Diachronic SemanticsDirk Geeraerts | pp. 67–93
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Word Order Universals Revisited: The Principle of Head ProximityJan Rijkhoff | pp. 95–125
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Functional Requirements: Causes or Constraints upon Language Change?Alain Bossuyt | pp. 127–147
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Modern Dutch could be Middle Dutcher than you Think (And Vice Versa)Fred Weerman | pp. 149–170
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On Certain Formal Properties of Dik's Functional GrammarPhilip H. Miller | pp. 171–221
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What Formalists Seem not to Understand About Functionalism: A Rejoinder to P. MillerJan Nuyts | pp. 223–237
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A Functional Approach to Presupposition: Pulling the Plug on Holes and FiltersPaul Werth | pp. 239–279
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Summaries – Résumés – Samenvattingenpp. 281–285
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Linguistics
BIC Subject: CF – Linguistics
BISAC Subject: LAN009000 – LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General