| Lemma | linguistic expression |
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| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Dik (1989) |
| Titolo | The theory of functional grammar. Part I: the structure of the clause |
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| Citazioni | […] we must not think of linguistic expressions as isolated objects, but as instruments which are used by a Speaker in order to evoke some intended interpretation in the Addressee, within a context defined by preceding expressions, and within a setting defined by the essential parameters of the speech situation. Linguistic expressions are complex networks, characterized by functional relations operative at different levels. Within verbal interaction, the participants avail themselves of certain instruments which, in a general sense of the term, we shall call “linguistic expressions”. These expressions themselves are again structured entities, i.e. they are governed by rules and principles which determine their build-up.
From the functional point of view, then, linguistics has to deal with two types of rule systems, both ratified by social convention:
(i) the rules which govern the constitution of linguistic expressions (semantic, syntactic, morphological, and phonological rules);
(ii) the rules which govern the patterns of verbal interaction in which these linguistic expressions are used (pragmatic rules). |