Cognitive adequacy in structural-functional theories of language

Language Sciences

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-30

  Butler, Christopher S ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Functional (Discourse) Grammar; Functional Procedural Grammar; Language and cognition; Role and Reference Grammar; Structural functional theories; Systemic Functional Grammar

Indexed keywords

EID: 36549090426     PISSN: 03880001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.langsci.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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