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Functional grammar may refer to: * Functional linguistics, a range of functionally based approaches to linguistics * Functional discourse grammar, grammar models developed by Simon C. Dik that explain how utterances are shaped based on the goals of language users *
Systemic functional grammar Systemic functional grammar (SFG) is a form of grammatical description originated by Michael Halliday. It is part of a social semiotic approach to language called '' systemic functional linguistics''. In these two terms, ''systemic'' refers to ...
, a grammatical description developed by Michael Halliday * Danish functional linguistics, a strand of functional linguistics associated with linguists at the University of Copenhagen * Lexical functional grammar, a variety of generative grammar initiated by Joan Bresnan and Ronald Kaplan. * Role and reference grammar, a model of grammar developed by William Foley and Robert Van Valin, Jr. {{disambig