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In:Handbook of Pragmatics: Manual
Edited by Jef Verschueren and Jan-Ola Östman
[Handbook of Pragmatics M2] 2022
► pp. 634–642

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Functionalism vs. formalism

Published online: 3 October 2022
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Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Definition and historical perspective
  • 3.Functions and language functions
  • 4.Arguments in the functionalism vs. formalism debate
    • 4.1What are language functions?
    • 4.2The nature of functional explanations
    • 4.3The empirical status of functionalism
  • References
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