A. Jesús Moya, On Pragmatic Functions and their Correlation with Syntactic Functions: A Functionalist Perspective, Atlantis, Vol. 28, No. 1 (Junio 2006), pp. 9-28 ...

From a functionalist perspective, the social construction of the serial killer identity is symbolic and it helps to clarify the moral boundary that separates good and evil in society.

The functionalist perspective on politics is broken into two subsets, the rational and the pluralist. In this case the rationalist perspective was not operating to any great extent. Every effort was ...

From a functionalist perspective, therefore, the horrors perpetrated by the serial killer enable society to consider both the source and limitations of its own violent tendencies.