Functional grammar may refer to:
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Functional linguistics
Functional linguistics is an approach to the study of language characterized by taking systematically into account the speaker's and the hearer's side, and the communicative needs of the speaker and of the given language community. Linguistic fun ...
, a range of functionally based approaches to linguistics
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Functional discourse grammar
Functional grammar (FG) and functional discourse grammar (FDG) are grammar models and theories motivated by functional theories of grammar. These theories explain how linguistic utterances are shaped, based on the goals and knowledge of natural lan ...
, grammar models developed by Simon C. Dik that explain how utterances are shaped based on the goals of language users
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Systemic functional grammar, a grammatical description developed by Michael Halliday
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Danish functional linguistics The Copenhagen School is a group of scholars dedicated to the study of linguistics, centered around Louis Hjelmslev (1899–1965) and the ''Linguistic Circle of Copenhagen'' (French: ''Cercle Linguistique de Copenhague'', Danish: ''Lingvistkredsen ...
, a strand of functional linguistics associated with linguists at the University of Copenhagen
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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
Role and reference grammar (RRG) is a model of grammar developed by William A. Foley and Robert Van Valin, Jr. in the 1980s, which incorporates many of the points of view of current functional grammar theories.
In RRG, the description of a sent ...
, a model of grammar developed by William Foley and Robert Van Valin, Jr.
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