hiː hɐz bɪɡˈʌn tʊ ɛksplˈoːɹ ɐ nˈuː fˈɔːɹm ʌv lɪŋɡwˈɪstɪk fˈʌŋkʃənəlˌɪzəm, wˌɪtʃ ɹᵻlˈeɪts ðə kəmjˈuːnɪkətˌɪv fˈʌŋkʃənz pˈɔstʃʊlˌeɪɾᵻd baɪ ðə kˌɑːmpətˈɪʃən mˈɑːdəl tə ðə pɹˈɑːsɛs ʌv pɚspˈɛktɪvtˈeɪkɪŋ.
He has begun to explore a new form of linguistic functionalism, which relates the communicative functions postulated by the competition model to the process of perspective-taking.