Grammar framework

In theoretical linguistics, the following fundamental approaches towards constructing grammar frameworks for natural languages are distinguished:

• Generative grammar: algorithmic
  • Phrase structure grammar
    • Transformational grammar
  • Categorial grammar
  • Lambda calculus
  • X-bar theory
  • Dependency grammar
  • Constraint Grammar
  • Construction grammar
    • Cognitive grammar
    • Fluid Construction Grammar
• Stochastic grammar: probabilistic
• Functional grammar: usage-oriented
  • Lexical functional grammar
  • Danish Functionalism
  • Systemic functional grammar

See also

• Formal grammar