Grammar framework

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

• Generative grammar: algorithmic (phrase structure grammars)
  • Transformational grammar (1960s)
  • Generalised phrase structure grammar (late 1970s)
    • Head-driven phrase structure grammar (1985)
    • Principles and parameters (1980s)
  • Lexical functional grammar
  • Categorial grammar (lambda calculus)
    • Montague grammar
• Dependency grammar (Lucien Tesniere 1959)
  • Link grammar
• Cognitive grammar / Cognitive linguistics
  • Construction grammar
    • Fluid Construction Grammar
  • Word grammar
• Stochastic grammar: probabilistic
  • Operator Grammar
• Functional grammar: usage-oriented (behaviorist)
  • Danish Functionalism
  • Systemic functional grammar
  • Role and reference grammar

notation schemes

• Constraint Grammar
• Tree-adjoining grammar
• Affix grammar over a finite lattice
• Lambda calculus
• X-bar theory
• Backus–Naur form

See also

• Formal grammar
• Linguistics Wars

External links

• Grammar Framework computer concept.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grammar_framework

Published - October 2008