Danish functional linguistics

Danish functional linguistics

Danish functional linguistics (also referred to as Danish functionalism) is a strand of functional linguistics drawing heavily on the work and ideas of Louis Hjelmslev, but also other functional frameworks such as cognitive semantics and Simon Dik's functional grammar. It is mainly associated with linguists at the University of Copenhagen and the Copenhagen Business School. The most notable publication in this framework is Peter Harder's Functional Semantics. It should not be confused with systemic functional grammar as developed by Michael Halliday and coleagues.