Explorations in Semantics and Pragmatics.:

The aim of this book is to show the way forward to a coherent view of language in which the achievement of the formalist paradigm is strengthened to the extent that its claims are weakened. A formal theory such as generative grammar is a special theory which is to be subsumed in a general theory of...

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1. Verfasser: Leech, Geoffrey N.
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1980.
Schriftenreihe:Pragmatics & beyond ; 1:5.
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Zusammenfassung:The aim of this book is to show the way forward to a coherent view of language in which the achievement of the formalist paradigm is strengthened to the extent that its claims are weakened. A formal theory such as generative grammar is a special theory which is to be subsumed in a general theory of linguistic communication that also includes pragmatics. The tension between the psycho-formalist and the socio-functional views could be resolved in a synthesis whereby both the psychological and social natures of language are fully acknowledged. Semantics and pragmatics, representing these two natu.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (141 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9789027281098
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9781283359825
9786613359827
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