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The Functives and Their Substance of Expression

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In the preceding chapter the development was traced and an elaboration was given of the basic principle of glossematic theory, that the larger and smaller elements of language exist only by virtue of their dependences: that “functives” exist only as terminals of their functions.

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    B. Siertsema Ph. D.

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© 1965 Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Holland

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Siertsema, B. (1965). The Functives and Their Substance of Expression. In: A Study of Glossematics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8796-1_7

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