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<p>including its predecessor functional grammar.</p>

<p><big> History </big></p>
<p>Functional grammar (FG) is a model of <a href="page.php?w=grammar">grammar</a> motivated by <a href="page.php?w=Functional_theories_of_grammar">functions</a>, as <a href="page.php?w=Simon_C._Dik">Simon C. Dik</a>'s thesis pointed towards issues with <a href="page.php?w=generative_grammar">generative grammar</a> and its analysis of coordination back then, and proposed to solve them with a new theory focused on e.g. concepts such as <a href="page.php?w=Subject_%28grammar%29">subject</a></p><p>
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