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Published 2006.
This collection carries the functionalist Columbia School of linguistics forward with contributions on linguistic theory, semiotics, phonology, grammar,
lexicon, and anthropology. Columbia School ...
Published 2006.
This collection carries the functionalist Columbia School of linguistics forward with contributions on linguistic theory, semiotics, phonology, grammar,
lexicon, and anthropology. Columbia School linguistics views language as a symbolic tool whose structure is shaped both by its communicative function and
by the characteristics of its users, and considers contextual, pragmatic, physical, and psychological factors in its analyses.
This volume builds upon three previous Columbia School anthologies and further explores issues raised in them, including fundamental theoretical and
analytical questions. And it raises new issues that take Columbia School ?beyond its origins.? The contributions illustrate both consistency since the
school's inception over thirty years ago and innovation spurred by groundbreaking analysis. The volume will be of interest to all functional linguists and
historians of linguistics. Languages analyzed include Belorussian, English, Japanese, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, and Swahili.
