Empirical Evidences and Theoretical Assumptions in Functional Linguistics

Elissa Asp, Michelle Aldridge, Elissa Asp, Michelle Aldridge

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9781032267739
  9780367143503
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780429631863
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Linguistics
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

This collection explores the relationships between theory and evidences in functional linguistics, bringing together perspectives from both established and emerging scholars. The volume begins by establishing theoretical common ground for functional approaches to language, critically discussing empirical inquiry in functional linguistics and the challenges and opportunities of using new technologies in linguistic investigations. Building on this foundation, the second part of the volume explores the challenges involved in using different data sources as evidence for theorizing language and linguistic processes, drawing on work on lexical cohesion in language variation, neuroimaging and neuropathological data, and keystroke logging and eye-tracking. The final section of the volume examines the ways in which evidences from a wide range of data sources can offer new perspectives toward challenging established theoretical claims, employing empirical evidences from corpus linguistic analysis, keystroke logging, and multimodal communication. This pioneering collection synthesizes perspectives and addresses fundamental questions in the investigation of the relationships between theory and evidences in functional linguistics and will be of particular interest to researchers working in the field, as well as linguists working in experimental and interdisciplinary approaches which seek to bridge this gap.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title Page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Tables
• 1 Introduction
• 2 Neurolinguistic and neuropsychological evidences for functionally organized language networks
• 3 Keystroke logging data: What can it tell us about mode and written language production?
• 4 The influence of experiential aspects of meaning on the translation process
• 5 On the process of choosing in translational logogenesis
• 6 Lexical cohesion: Dimensions and linguistic properties of chains in English and German1
• 7 The cohesive landscape of English of-NPs: An empirical, expression-centred approach to coherence
• 8 Challenging instantiation in modelling movement-based multimodal communication
• 9 Epilogue
• Index