Formalism and Functionalism in Linguistics: The Engineer and the Collector

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Cover Half Title Title Copyright Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Defining ‘Formalism’ and ‘Functionalism’ 1.1 Starting Out 1.2 Defining the Terms 1.3 The Engineer and the Collector 1.4 Two Examples 1.5 On the Architecture of Formalism Versus Functionalism References 2 Background to the Current Debate 2.1 Is There a Starting Point? 2.2 Before the Twentieth Century 2.3 Twentieth-Century Formalist Linguistics to 1950 2.4 Twentieth-Century Functionalism from the Prague Circle to Pike 2.5 Why the Background Matters References 3 Contemporary Formalist Linguistics 3.1 The Internal Structure of Modern Formalism 3.2 What Makes Modern Formalism Formalist? 3.2.1 Early Transformational Grammar 3.2.2 Principles and Parameters 3.2.3 The Minimalist Program 3.2.4 The Common Formalist Character of Generative Grammar 3.3 Diversity Within Contemporary Formalism References 4 Contemporary Functionalist Linguistics 4.1 The Internal Structure of Modern Functionalism 4.2 The Scope of Modern Functionalism 4.2.1 Systemic Functional Linguistics 4.2.2 Langacker’s Cognitive Grammar 4.2.3 Talmy Givón 4.3 Taxonomies of Modern Functionalist Linguistics 4.4 Graphic Style in Modern Formalism and Functionalism References 5 Formalism and Functionalism in Action 5.1 Applying Formalism and Functionalism 5.2 In the Analysis of Syntactic Phenomena 5.2.1 Word Order 5.2.2 Transitivity 5.3 In Conceptualization and Study of Child Language Learning 5.4 In Debate About the Origin of Human Language 5.5 Gaps, Overlap, and Combat Between Formalism and Functionalism References 6 Formalism and Functionalism Juxtaposed 6.1 Formalism and Functionalism in Silhouette 6.2 Face to Face 6.2.1 In Conversation 6.2.2 How Formal Is Functionalism? 6.2.3 How Functionalist Is Formalism? 6.3 Side by Side 6.3.1 Explanation 6.3.2 (Non)complementarity 6.4 Back to Back References 7 Conclusion 7.1 Engineers and Collectors, Revisited 7.2 Portrait of a Linguistic Mindset 7.3 Formalism and Functionalism Face the World Online References Appendix: Characteristics of Formalism Versus Functionalism Index