(Lecture-1), What’s Functional Grammar? Framework of Grammar, Branches of Grammar
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Functional Grammar aims at describing language in actual use. Its focus is on texts and their contexts. This type of grammar sets a language as a resource for making meaning. Functional Grammar discusses aspects of the circumstances under which people enter into verbal or written communication. Functional grammar, as explained by Halliday (1994) is concerned with meanings.
00:00 Introduction
00:17 Framework of Grammar
2:10 Grammar
9:16 Branches of Grammar
12:16 Functional Grammar
17:45 Descriptive Grammar
21:47 Word Level Grammar
23:48 Sentence Level Grammar
25:00 Prescriptive Grammar
27:39 Difference between Descriptive and Prescriptive Grammar
31:12 Questions