Formal and Functional Grammar

1919 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 500
Author(s):  
Margaret McLaughlin
Keyword(s):  
Functional Grammar

Typological and theoretical implications

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
John J. Lowe
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Analysis ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Functional Grammar ◽  
Lexical Functional Grammar ◽  
Mixed Categories

This chapter briefly considers the evidence for transitive nouns and adjectives in early Indo-Aryan in both a typological and a theoretical perspective. The fact that most transitive nouns and adjectives in early Indo-Aryan fall under the traditional heading of ‘agent nouns’ (subject-oriented formations) is typologically notable, since while action nouns with verbal government are well-known, the possibility of relatively verbal agent nouns has not always been acknowledged. The theoretical analysis is framed within Lexical-Functional Grammar, and makes use of the concept of ‘mixed’ categories to effect a clear formalization of transitive nouns and adjectives which captures their transitivity while allowing them to remain fundamentally nouns and adjectives in categorial terms.

Essentials of Functional Grammar: A Structure-Neutral Theory of Movement, Control, and Anaphora

Language ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 228
Author(s):  
Masataka Ishikawa ◽  
George M. Horn
Keyword(s):  
Neutral Theory ◽  
Movement Control ◽  
Functional Grammar
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