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FUNCTIONAL APPROACHES TO LANGUAGE GEBUNDEN

Functionalism  as characterized by Allen  (2007:254) holds that linguistic structures can only
be understood and explained with reference to the semantic and communicative functions of
language  whose primary function is to be a vehicle for social interaction among human beings.
Since the 1970s  inspired by the work of Jespersen  Bolinger  Dik  Halliday  and Chafe 
functionalism has been attached to a variety of movements and models making major contributions
to linguistic theory and to various subfields within linguistics  such as syntax  discourse 
language acquisition  cognitive linguistics  typology  and documentary linguistics. Further 
functional approaches have had a major impact outside linguistics in fields such as psychology
and education  both in terms of theory and application. The main goal of functionalist
approaches is to clarify the dynamic relationship between form and function (Thompson 2003:53).
Functionalist perspectives have gained more ground over thepast decades with more linguists
resorting to functional explanations to account for linguistic structure. The authors in this
volume present the current state of functional approaches to linguistic inquiry expanding our
knowledge of language and linguistics.

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