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Role and reference grammar

Role and reference grammar is a grammar model which emphasizes embedding grammar in a system of social interactions and the viewpoint of language as a system. Grammar can only be understood if it is explained in a framework with reference to its semantic and communicative functions.

Introduction (http://linguistics.buffalo.edu/research/rrg/rrg_paper)

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