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 language users. In doing so, it contrasts with Chomskyan transformational grammar. Functional discourse grammar has been developed as a successor to functional grammar, attempting to be more psychologically and pragmatically adequate than functional grammar.^[1]^[2]

The top-level unit of analysis in functional discourse grammar is the discourse move, not the sentence or the clause. This is a principle that sets functional discourse grammar apart from many other linguistic theories, including its predecessor functional grammar.

^ Hengeveld, Kees; Mackenzie, J. Lachlan (August 2008). Functional Discourse Grammar: A Typologically-Based Theory of Language Structure. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-927811-4.
^ Mackenzie, J. Lachlan; Gómez-González, María de los Ángeles, eds. (2005). Studies in Functional Discourse Grammar. Linguistic Insights, Studies in Language and Communication. Vol. 26. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISBN 978-3-03910-696-7. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

[Hengeveld2008-1] Hengeveld, Kees; Mackenzie, J. Lachlan (August 2008). Functional Discourse Grammar: A Typologically-Based Theory of Language Structure. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-927811-4.

[2] Mackenzie, J. Lachlan; Gómez-González, María de los Ángeles, eds. (2005). Studies in Functional Discourse Grammar. Linguistic Insights, Studies in Language and Communication. Vol. 26. Peter Lang Publishing Group. ISBN 978-3-03910-696-7. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2010-06-12.

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