on. In RRG, the description of a sentence in a particular language is formulated in terms of its semantic structure and communicative functions, as well as the grammatical procedures used to express these meanings.  [37]  [38] 
  * [ Danish functional grammar ](/wiki/Copenhagen_school_\(linguistics\)#Danish_functional_school "Copenhagen school \(linguistics\)") combines [ Saussurean ](/wiki/Ferdinand_de_Saussure "Ferdinand de Saussure") / [ Hjelmslevian ](/wiki/Louis_Hjelmslev "Louis Hjelmslev") [ structuralism ](/wiki/Structuralism "Structuralism") with a focus on [ pragmatics ](/wiki/Pragmatics "Pragmatics") and [ discourse ](/wiki/Discourse "Discourse") .  [39] 
  * [ Interactional linguistics ](/wiki/Interactional_linguistics "Interactional linguistics") , based on [ Conversation Analysis ](/wiki/Conversation_Analysis "Conversation Analysis") , considers linguistic structures as related to the functions of e.g. action and [ turn-taking ](/wiki/Turn-taking "Turn-taking") in interaction.  [40] 
  * [ Construction grammar ](/wiki/Construction_grammar "Construction grammar") is a family of different theories some of which may be considered functional, such as Croft's Radical construction grammar.  [41] 

##  See also  [  [ edit
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  * [ Theory of language ](/wiki/Theory_of_language "Theory of language")
  * [ Functional grammar (disambiguation) ](/wiki/Functional_grammar_\(disambiguation\) "Functional grammar \(disambiguation\)")
  * [ Thematic relation ](/wiki/Thematic_relation "Thematic relation")
  * [ Morphosyntactic alignment ](/wiki/Morphosyntactic_alignment "Morphosyntactic alignment")
  * [ Linguistic typology ](/wiki/Linguistic_typology "Linguistic typology")

##  References  [  [ edit
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  1. ^  _**a** _ _**b** _ _**c** _ _**d** _ _**e** _ _**f** _ _**g** _ Daneš, František (1987). "On Prague school functionalism in linguistics". In Dirven, R.; Fried, V. (eds.). [ _Functionalism in Linguistics_ ](https://books.google.com/books?id=dKpLAwob95wC) . John Benjamins. pp. 3–38. [ ISBN ](/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN \(identifier\)") [ 9789027215246  ](/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789027215246 "Special:BookSources/9789027215246") . 
  2. ^  _**a** _ _**b** _ Hladký, Josef (ed.) 2003. _[ Language and Function: To the memory of Jan Firbas ](https://books.google.com/books?id=tWg9AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA60) _ , pp.60–61 
  3. ^  _**a** _ _**b** _ Butler, Christopher S. (2003). [ _Structure and Function: A Guide to Three Major Structural-Functional Theories, part 1_ ](https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/270688/mod_folder/content/0/v.%20e%20vi.%20Butler%20-%20Structure%20and%20Function.pdf?forcedownload=1) (PDF)  . John Benjamins. [ ISBN ](/wiki/ISBN_\(identifier\) "ISBN \(identifier\)") [ 9781588113580  ](/wiki/Special:BookSources/9781588113580 "Special:BookSources/9781588113580") . Retrieved  2020-01-19  . 
  4. ** ^  ** Itkonen, Esa (1999). [ "Functionalism yes, biologism no" ](https://doi.org/10.1515%2Fzfsw.1999.18.2.219) . _Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft_ . **18** (2): 219–221. [ doi ](/wiki/Doi_\(identifier\) "Doi \(identifier\)") :  [ 10.1515/zfsw.1999.18.2.219 ](https://doi.org/10.1515%2Fzfsw.1999.18.2.219) . [ S2CID ](/wiki/S2CID_\(identifier\) "S2CID \(identifier\)") [ 146998564 ](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:146998564) . 
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  6. ** ^  ** Van Valin (2003) pp.324–5, 329 
  7. ** ^  ** Hejl,