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5 unusual facts about Functional grammar


Functional grammar

Systemic functional grammar, a grammatical description developed by Michael Halliday

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Functional discourse grammar, grammar models developed by Simon C. Dik that explain how utterances are shaped based on the goals of language users

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Lexical functional grammar, a variety of generative grammar initiated by Joan Bresnan and Ronald Kaplan.

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Role and reference grammar, a model of grammar developed by William Foley and Robert Van Valin, Jr.

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Functional theories of grammar, a range of functionally based approaches to linguistics


Role and reference grammar

Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) is a model of grammar developed by William Foley and Robert Van Valin, Jr. in the 1980s, which incorporates many of the points of view of current functional grammar theories.


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