Question

Givon's goal is a unified theory of all kinds of language change, including language acquisition. To this end, he has developed an approach called “functional-typological syntactic analysis” (FTSA), which is functionalist in its view that syntax emanates from properties of human discourse, and typological in its consideration of a diverse body of languages, not simply a single language or language family.

One of the statements below DOES NOT conform to Givon's FTSA. Which is it?

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A) Speakers and linguistic systems move from a language-based, or syntactic mode, to a discourse-based, pragmatic mode of communication.

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B) Psycholinguistic and pragmatic principles are derived from more basic principles underlying human perception and information processing.

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C) Syntactic change is driven primarily by psycholinguistic and pragmatic principles relating to speech perception and production in face-to-face interaction.

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D) The process of “syntacticization” operates over a number of features which are contrasted across the pragmatic and syntactic modes of communication.

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