FUNCTIONS OF LANGUAGE IN LINGUISTICS (HISTORICAL ASPECT)
This article is of theoretical nature and provides a brief overview of the problem of language functions in linguistics. It is devoted to the historical aspect of language functions. The scientific views on this issue are examined from the antique period to the modern stage and the opinions of linguists from different countries are provided. The retrospective review allows making a conclusion that in the history of linguistics there are such major language functions as nominative, communicative, cognitive, pragmatic, orienting, etc.