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'''Functional Grammargrammar''' ('''FG''') and '''Functionalfunctional Discoursediscourse Grammargrammar''' ('''FDG''') are [[grammar]] models and theories motivated by [[functional theories of grammar]]. These theories explain how [[Natural language|linguistic]] utterances are shaped, based on the goals and knowledge of natural language users. In doing so, it contrasts with Chomskyan [[transformational grammar]]. Functional Discoursediscourse Grammargrammar has been developed as a successor to Functionalfunctional Grammargrammar, attempting to be more psychologically and pragmatically adequate than Functionalfunctional Grammargrammar.<ref name="Hengeveld2008">{{cite book|first1=Kees|last1=Hengeveld|first2=J. Lachlan|last2=Mackenzie|date=August, 2008|title=Functional Discourse Grammar: A Typologically-Based Theory of Language Structure|___location=Oxford|publisher=Oxford University Press|ISBNisbn=978-0-19-927811-4|url=http://www.oup.com/uk/catalogue/?ci=9780199278114}}</ref><ref>{{cite journalbook|series=Linguistic Insights, Studies in Language and Communication|volume=26|editor-lasteditor1=Mackenzie, J. Lachlan / |editor2=Gómez-González, María de los Ángeles|title=Studies in Functional Discourse Grammar|publisher=Peter Lang Publishing Group|dateyear=2005|ISBNisbn=978-3-03910-696-7|url=http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vID=10696&vLang=E|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907183048/http://www.peterlang.com/Index.cfm?vID=10696&vLang=E|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-09-07|accessdate=2010-06-12}}</ref>.

The top-level unit of analysis in Functionalfunctional Discoursediscourse Grammargrammar is the [[discourse]] move, not the [[Sentence (linguistics)|sentence]] or the [[clause]]. This is a principle that sets Functionalfunctional Discoursediscourse Grammargrammar apart from many other [[linguistics|linguistic]] theories, including its predecessor Functionalfunctional Grammargrammar.

== History ==

Functional Grammargrammar (FG) is a model of [[grammar]] motivated by [[Functional theories of grammar|functions]],<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Hurford|first1=J|dateyear=1990|title=Nativist and functional explanations in language acquisition|workjournal=Logical Issues in Language Acquisition|editor-last=Roca|editor-first=I. M|pages=85–136|___location=Foris, Dordrecht|doi=10.1515/9783110870374-007|isbn=9783110870374|url=http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/hurford90nativist.html|access-date=2010-06-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516095612/http://www.isrl.uiuc.edu/~amag/langev/paper/hurford90nativist.html|archive-date=2008-05-16|url-status=dead|url-access=subscription}}</ref> as Dik's thesis<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dik |first1=Simon C. |title=Coordination: its implications for the theory of general linguistics |date=1968 |publisher=North-Holland |___location=Amsterdam |isbn=9780720460285}}</ref> pointed towards issues with [[generative grammar]] and its analysis of coordination back then, and proposed to solve them with a new theory focused on e.g. concepts such as [[Subject (grammar)|subject]] and [[Object (grammar)|object]]. The model was originally developed by [[Simon C. Dik]] at the [[University of Amsterdam]] in the 1970s,<ref>{{cite book|last=Dik|first=Simon C.|title=The Theory of Functional Grammar, Parts 1 & 2|edition=1|dateyear=1989}}</ref>, and has undergone several revisions ever since then. The latest standard version under the original name is laid out in the 1997 edition,<ref>{{cite book|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=qeMLE_5uvHcC&dq=theory+of+functional+grammar&lr=&source=gbs_summary_s&cad=0|last=Dik|first=Simon C.|dateyear=1997|title=The Theory of Functional Grammar, Part 1: The Structure of the Clause|edition=2|___location=Berlin|publisher=Mouton de Gruyter. ISBN 3-11-015539-7|ISBNisbn=3-11-015404-8 9783110154047}}</ref>, published shortly after Dik's death. The latest version features the expansion of the model with a pragmatic/interpersonal module by [[Kees Hengeveld]] and [[Lachlan Mackenzie]].<ref name="Hengeveld2008" />. This has led to a renaming of the theory to Functionalfunctional Discoursediscourse Grammargrammar. This type of grammar is quite distinct from [[systemic functional grammar]] as developed by [[Michael Halliday]] and many other linguists since the 1970s.

The notion of "function" in FG generalizes the standard distinction of [[grammatical function]]s such as [[grammatical subject|subject]] and [[grammatical object|object]]. Constituents ([[parts of speech]]) of a linguistic [[utterance]] are assigned three types or levels of functions:

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== Principles of functional discourse grammar ==

There are a number of principles that guide the analysis of natural language utterances according to Functionalfunctional Discoursediscourse Grammargrammar.

Functional Discoursediscourse Grammargrammar explains the phonology, morphosyntax, pragmatics and semantics in one linguistic theory. According to Functionalfunctional Discoursediscourse Grammargrammar, linguistic utterances are built top-down in this order by deciding upon:

# The [[Pragmatics| pragmatic]] aspects of the utterance

# The [[Semantics| semantic]] aspects of the utterance

# The [[Morphosyntax| morphosyntactic]] aspects of the utterance

# The [[Phonology| phonological]] aspects of the utterance

According to Functionalfunctional Discoursediscourse Grammargrammar, four components are involved in building up an utterance:

* The conceptual component, which is where the communicative intention that drives the utterance construction arises

* The grammatical component, where the utterance is formulated and encoded according to the communicative intention

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== Example ==

This example analyzes the utterance "I can't find the red pan. It is not in its usual place." according to Functionalfunctional Discoursediscourse Grammargrammar at the interpersonal level.

At the interpersonal level, this utterance is one discourse move, which consists of two [[speech act|discourse acts]], one corresponding to "I can't find the red pan." and another corresponding to "It is not in its usual place."

* The first discourse act consists of:

** A [[declarative sentence|declarative]] [[illocutionary force]]

** A speaker, denoted by the word "I"

** An addressee

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== External links ==

* [http://wwwhome.functionalgrammarhum.comuva.nl/fg/ Functional Grammar home page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191127043847/http://home.hum.uva.nl/fg/ |date=2019-11-27 }}

* [http://www.functionaldiscoursegrammar.infoorg/ Functional Discourse Grammar homepage]

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