Save

Functional Grammar (Leningrad/Saint Petersburg School)

in Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online
Author:
Maria D. Voeikova
Search for other papers by Maria D. Voeikova in
Current site
Google Scholar Close

(6,362 words)

Grammar of Semantic Fields and Categorial Situations is the name of a model developed from the late 1970s until the present in St. Petersburg (formerly Leningrad) under the guidance of Alexandr V. Bondarko (1930–2016) by his students and followers. The name is derived from one of two core notions of this approach – “the functional-semantic field” and “categorial situation” – used to describe the language system and its realization in utterances. The main distinctive feature of this grammatical framework is the description of linguistic facts in the direction “from semantics to formal means of its expression,” thus imitating the active role of the speaker in a dialogue. The opposite direction of linguistic description (“from formal means to semantics”) reflects the passive role of the listener, who on receiving a speech signal is expected to process it correctly. Therefore, the grammar of functional-semantic fields and categorial situations is also characterized as an active grammar, or a grammar of the speaker.
Title:
Functional Grammar (Leningrad/Saint Petersburg School)
Encyclopedia of Slavic Languages and Linguistics Online
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/2589-6229_ESLO_COM_032113
Language:
English
First-online:
21 Feb 2020
Last-update:
25 Jul 2024
Online ISSN:
2589-6229
ISSN:
978-90-04-32689-7
Publisher:
Brill

Content Metrics

All Time Past Year Past 30 Days
Abstract Views 56 52 6
Full Text Views 11 9 0
PDF Views & Downloads 0 0 0