Relations and Functions Within and Around Language

Book Overview

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 which describe an oral text from a variety of functional perspectives. All of the essays are by linguists interested in oral and written texts who have achieved international recognition...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826453694
• ISBN13: 9780826453693
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 410 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.3"