Speech, Writing, and Sign A Functional View of Linguistic Representation

• Váldodahkki: Baron, Naomi S. (auth)
• Materiálatiipa: Elektrovnnalaš Girjji oassi
• Giella: eaŋgalasgiella
• Almmustuhtton: Indiana University Press 1980
• Fáttát: Literary theory
• Liŋkkat: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Linguistics has traditionally dealt with questions about structure-what are the parts of a language and how are they assembled? Naomi Baron adopts a new approach by asking what a human language is used for and how it achieves its goals. She carefully examines what is communicated, why it is importan...