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Givón, Talmy, 1936-

Functionalism and grammar / T. Givón. - Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1995. - xvii, 486 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [449]-477) and index.

Prospectus, Somewhat Jaundiced -- Markedness as Meta-Iconicity: Distributional and Cognitive Correlates of Syntactic Structure -- The Functional Basis of Grammatical Typology -- Modal Prototypes of Truth and Action -- Taking Structure Seriously, I: Constituency and the VP Node -- Taking Structure Seriously, II: Grammatical Relations -- The Distribution of Grammar in Text: On Interpreting Conditional Associations -- Coming to Terms with Cognition: Coherence in Text vs. Coherence in Mind -- On the Co-Evolution of Language, Mind and Brain. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

ISBN: 1556195001 155619501X (pbk.)

LCCN: 95006774

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Functionalism (Linguistics)
Grammar, Comparative and general.
Typology (Linguistics)
Discourse analysis.
Psycholinguistics.

LC Class. No.: P147 / .G58 1995

Dewey Class. No.: 415