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 (1960s)
    • Generalised phrase structure grammar (late 1970s)
      • Head-driven phrase structure grammar (1985)
  • Role and reference grammar
  • Categorial grammar
    • Montague grammar
  • Lambda calculus
  • X-bar theory
  • Dependency grammar
  • Link grammar
  • Constraint Grammar
  • Construction grammar
    • Fluid Construction Grammar
• Stochastic grammar: probabilistic
  • Operator Grammar
• Cognitive grammar / Cognitive linguistics
  • Word grammar
• Functional grammar: usage-oriented
  • Lexical functional grammar
  • Danish Functionalism
  • Systemic functional grammar

See also

• Formal grammar
• Linguistics Wars