In linguistics, grammatical functions (or grammatical relations) refer to syntactic relationships between participants in a proposition. Examples are subject, object, adjunct, complement.
These are distinct from the semantic notions of agent and patient, as demonstrated by the fact that the English passive voice modifies the mapping between agent/patient and subject/object.
See also
- Arc pair grammar
- Chômeur
- Functional grammar
- Grammatical case
- Grammatical category
- Relational grammar
- Syntax
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