¿Qué paradigma? (Reflexiones en torno al funcionalismo en lingüística inglesa)

Abstract

Researchers in the field of English linguistics are bound to ask themselves this fundamental question: Which paradigm should I choose as an analytic instrument? The stance adopted in this paper is that the answer to that question should lie not so much in utilizing a given paradigm or in giving way to the temptation of non-critical eclecticism, as in making use of functionalism as a unifying approach.