O que é funcionalismo: formalismo, estrutura, linguagem, linguística, Halliday, Givón

We can study language using a formalist approach, with an emphasis on form, internal structure, and the rules that organize the elements of language. Or we can study language using a functionalist approach, with an emphasis on its function. That is what we are going to do today. In this case, we use language not as an abstract structure of rules, but as an instrument of action that we use to act on others: to praise, encourage, congratulate. Or even to annoy, offend, humiliate. It is this emphasis on action, on function, that characterizes functionalism. As Austin said, “To say is to do”, remembering that the original title of the book is “How to Do Things with Words”. This is the basic idea of ​​functionalism: language as action. Let us explain what this is. CHANNEL LINK: For more videos, visit my channel:    / @epifanias-em-la   VIDEOS CITED IN THE TEXT: Language functions:    • Funções da linguagem, elementos da linguag...   Halliday: Systemic Functional Linguistics    • Halliday LSF GSF   ‘HOW TO REFERENCE A CHANNEL VIDEO, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ABNT STANDARDS: AUTHOR. Video title: subtitle (if any). YouTube, publication date. Duration. Available at: video link. Accessed on: access date. EXAMPLE: LEFFA, Vilson. Being a Polyglot: Advantages and disadvantages, polyglotism, international language, lingua franca. YouTube, June 24, 2024. 9min50s. Available at: (video link). Accessed on: January 15, 2025. HOW TO CITE WITHIN THE TEXT: Leffa (2024) argues that... Some authors disagree (LEFFA, 2024) KEYWORDS: Vilson Leffa, class, ELA project, formalism, functionalism, Austin, Givpon, method, teaching, pedagogy, language, linguistics, language teaching, approach, what is language teaching, what is post-method, post-method approach, method or approach, grammar and translation method, direct method, reading method, communicative approach, audiolingual method, communicative approach, instrumental, silent method, total physical response, lexical approach, natural approach, task-based learning, classroom, autonomy, best method, transgressive teacher, learning theories, macrostrategies, context, interaction, linguistic awareness, intuitive heuristics, linguistic input, linguistic skills, social relevance, cultural awareness, emancipation, emancipated, induction, deduction. NERD DATA: Recording: S22 Ultra cell phone, lapel microphone, Sennheiser, 3 side spotlights, on the right, on the ceiling, plus a spotlight at table height, on the left. r.