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.

A recent review essay of three books on effective schooling stated that the literature on school effectiveness largely adopts a functionalist view of society and schooling and the field of inquiry is ...

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.

The influences of this dualistic view on psychiatry, derived from a ‘perfect storm’ of Cartesianism, nineteenth century neuropathology and computer functionalism, are legion.

The functionalist view of education tends to focus on the positive contributions made by education to the maintenance of social system.

Hitchens would be in respectable scholarly company if he applied a functionalist view of religion consistently, but for Hitchens "religion" only applies to things he doesn't like.