Lexical functional grammar

<p>Lexical functional grammar (LFG) is a <a href="/facts/Constraint-based_grammar/uHMBxQWk">constraint-based</a> <a href="/facts/Grammar_framework/vprQsHIR">grammar framework</a> in <a href="/facts/Theoretical_linguistics/15wbqaY1">theoretical linguistics</a>. It posits two separate levels of syntactic structure, a <a href="/facts/Phrase_structure_grammar/SbzQXRFM">phrase structure grammar</a> representation of word order and constituency, and a representation of grammatical functions such as subject and object, similar to <a href="/facts/Dependency_grammar/cWnwcCM0">dependency grammar</a>. The development of the theory was initiated by <a href="/facts/Joan_Bresnan/LztdaaIe">Joan Bresnan</a> and <a href="/facts/Ronald_Kaplan/F9WeuMdQ">Ronald Kaplan</a> in the 1970s, in reaction to the theory of <a href="/facts/Transformational_grammar/vqIyVYdP">transformational grammar</a> which was current in the late 1970s. It mainly focuses on <a href="/facts/Syntax/6PxSV98p">syntax</a>, including its relation with <a href="/facts/Morphology_(linguistics)/fWkzsYE8">morphology</a> and <a href="/facts/Semantics/1L4WwLAP">semantics</a>. There has been little LFG work on <a href="/facts/Phonology/qWAsvnok">phonology</a> (although ideas from <a href="/facts/Optimality_theory/TIJlsvcg">optimality theory</a> have recently been popular in LFG research).
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Lexical functional grammar