Functional Grammar

[Phil Gaines]

Keep in mind that Halliday's account of "functional grammar" is a
fundamentally different notion than the generative-based theory of
Functional Grammar (Bresnan, Kaplan, et al).  The former is a structuralist
description of (mainly English) grammar; the latter is a theory of syntactic
structure.

Phil Gaines

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>From: Juno Nakamura <njuno at STANFORD.EDU>
>To: DISCOURS at LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
>Subject: Re: Functional Grammar
>Date: Tue, Mar 28, 2000, 12:33 PM
>

> Dear Professor. Bloor,
>
> Thank you very much for your lengthy and detailed answer to my question.
> I will be studying X-bar theory next year, so hopefully things will become
> clearer to me after that.
>
> I have some further questions, though. Are the main proponents in
> functional grammar known to be Halliday, Arnold, and Bloor? I am guessing
> that there might be more people or groups of people who support it. And
> like some areas of linguistics, is it the case that it is more popular in
> UK or Europe than in the United States currently (year 2000)? Please do
> forgive me my ignorance, since I just joined the list.
>
> Best,
> Juno Nakamura
> Junior, Linguistics
> Stanford University
> (650)497-6877
>