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A re-evaluation of the analysis of sentences: Transformational generative grammar and systemic functional linguistics perspectives
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This paper re-examines an approach to the analysis of sentences from two of the most influential theoretical linguistic schools namely: Transformational Generative Grammar and Systemic Functional Linguistics/Grammar. These two schools have enjoyed popularity among grammarians and researchers in their approaches to explaining and describing the English sentence. From the analysis and discussion of this paper, we believe that these schools are not only complementary to each other in analyzing sentences but that the weaknesses of one are remedied by the strengths of the other. Also, the need for language teachers to establish balance in their teaching and adoption of these theories becomes pertinent. Therefore, this existing relationship is key in language teaching.
