Relations and functions within and around language / edited by Peter H. Fries ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fries, Peter Howard.

Series:

Open linguistics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Functionalism (Linguistics).

Discourse analysis.

Physical Description:

viii, 399 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Continuum, 2002.

Summary:

This book describes language as a network of functional relations involving a context which is also a network of functional relations. Part I presents essays from a variety of perspectives on the theory of language as functional relations. Part II presents essays that describe an oral text from a variety of functional perspectives. This book is among the first to integrate the analysis of the language of spoken and written texts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0826453686

0826453694

OCLC:

47044971