Relational grammar

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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.

[edit] Further reading

• Blake, Barry J. (1990). Relational grammar. London: Routledge.
• Johnson, David; Adam Meyers and Lawrence S. Moss (1993). "A Unification-Based Parser for Relational Grammar". Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics: 97–104. 
• 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.

[edit] See also

• Chômeur
• Arc Pair Grammar

[edit] External links

• RG SIL bibliography