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functional linguistics

functional linguistics noun: an approach to the study of language characterized by systematically taking into account the speaker's and the hearer's sides, and the communicative needs of the speaker and of the given language community.

Noun

functional linguistics (uncountable)

  1. An approach to the study of language characterized by systematically taking into account the speaker's and the hearer's sides, and the communicative needs of the speaker and of the given language community.
    Synonyms:
    functionalism

Synonyms of functional linguistics

Questions about functional linguistics

What does functional linguistics mean?
Functional linguistics means an approach to the study of language characterized by systematically taking into account the speaker's and the hearer's sides, and the communicative needs of the speaker and of the given language community.
What part of speech is functional linguistics?
Functional linguistics is a noun.

Words near functional linguistics in the dictionary

  1. functional genomics
  2. functional graph
  3. functional graphs
  4. functional group
  5. functional groups
  6. functional linguistics
  7. functional load
  8. functional loads
  9. functional magnetic resonance imaging
  10. functional magnetic-resonance imaging
  11. functional medicine

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