Sentence examples for functional theories from inspiring English sources

Formal theories of grammar seek to define the different elements of language and describe the way they relate to each other as systems of formal rules or operations, while functional theories seek to define the functions performed by language and then relate them to the linguistic elements that carry them out.

Functional theories of grammar explain grammatical structures by their communicative functions, and understand the grammatical structures of language to be the result of an adaptive process by which grammar was "tailored" to serve the communicative needs of its users.

In order to simulate quantum N-body systems, stationary and time-dependent density functional theories rely on the capacity of calculating the single-electron wave-functions of a system from which one obtains the total electron density (Kohn Sham systems).

Functional theories that recognize no content-determining external relata have been called solipsistic (Harman 1987).

An additional worry faces functional theories, such as Egan's, that exclusively emphasize mathematical inputs and outputs.

In this chapter several existing technologies with various functional theories are briefly reviewed.

density functional theory.

time-dependent density functional theory.

Dispersion-corrected density functional theory.

Quenched solid density functional theory.

2D-nonlocal density functional theory.