Relational grammar

Relational grammar

In linguistics, Relational Grammar (RG) is a syntactic theory which argues that grammatical relations provide the ideal means to state transformational rules in universal terms. Relational grammar began as a secession from Transformational grammar.

Further reading

* Blake, Barry J. (1990). "Relational grammar". London: Routledge.
*cite conference
first = David
last = Johnson
authorlink = David E. Johnson
coauthors = Adam Meyers and Lawrence S. Moss
title = A Unification-Based Parser for Relational Grammar
booktitle = Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics
pages = 97–104
date = 1993
url = http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/johnson93unificationbased.html
* Perlmutter, David M. (1980). Relational grammar. In E. A. Moravcsik & J. R. Wirth (Eds.), "Syntax and semantics: Current approaches to syntax" (Vol. 13, pp. 195-229). New York: Academic Press.
* Perlmutter, David M. (Ed.). (1983). "Studies in relational grammar 1". Chicago: Chicago University Press.
* Perlmutter, David M.; & Rosen, Carol G. (Eds.). (1984). "Studies in relational grammar 2". Chicago: Chicago University Press.
* Postal, Paul M.; & Joseph, Brian D. (Eds.). (1990). "Studies in relational grammar 3". Chicago: Chicago University Press.

ee also

* Chômeur
* Arc Pair Grammar

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_subject.asp?code=rlg RG SIL bibliography]


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