Grammatical Forms and Functions
Nouns and Noun Phrases
The article The Functions of Nouns and Noun Phrases in English lists and explains the ten prototypical grammatical functions of nouns and noun phrases in English grammar.
The article English Nouns and Noun Phrases: The Ten Functions of Nouns in English Grammar also explains the ten main functions of nouns and noun phrases in English grammar.
The article The English Personal Pronoun System for ESL Students
The article The English Pronoun System: Subject, Object, Possessive, and Reflexive Pronouns in English identifies the grammatical functions of the personal pronouns in English grammar.
The article The Indefinite English Pronouns: The Forms and Functions of Indefinite Pronouns in English identifies and exemplifies the grammatical functions of the indefinite pronouns in English grammar.
Noun Clauses
The article The Forms and Functions of Clauses in English: Verb Clauses, Noun Clauses, Adjective Clauses, and Adverb Clauses identifies eight grammatical functions of noun clauses in English grammar.
The article The Forms and Functions of Noun Clauses in English identifies and explains the seven main grammatical functions of noun clauses in English grammar.
The article The Eight Functions of Noun Clauses in English: The Nominal Functions of Subordinate Clauses in English Grammar explains eight prototypical functions of noun clauses in English grammar.
Adjectives and Adjective Phrases
The article The Functions of Adjectives and Adjective Phrases in English lists and explains the four grammatical functions of adjectives and adjective phrases in English grammar.
The article English Adjectives and Adjective Phrases: The Three Main Functions of Adjectives in the English Language identifies and explains three grammatical functions of adjective phrases in English: noun phrase modifier, predicate adjective, and object complement.
Adjective Clauses
The article The Forms and Functions of Clauses in English: Verb Clauses, Noun Clauses, Adjective Clauses, and Adverb Clauses identifies the grammatical function of adjective (relative) clauses in English grammar as noun phrase modifier.
Determiners
As described in the article The Forms and Functions of Determiners in English, the grammatical function performed by articles, possessive determiners, demonstrative determiners, interrogative determiners, numerals, and quantifiers is determinative.
The article The Grammatical Determinative in English: Articles, Demonstratives, Possessive Adjectives, Other Determiners identifies the grammatical function of determiners in English grammar as determinative.
Verbs and Verb Phrases
The article The Functions of Verbs and Verb Phrases in English identifies and exemplifies the ten grammatical functions—four verbal and six nominal—of verbs and verb phrases in English grammar.
The article English Verbs and Verb Phrases: Five Functions of Verb in the English Language identifies only five grammatical functions—predicate, noun phrase modifier, adjective phrase complement, subject, subject complement—of verb phrases in English grammar.
The article More English Verbs and Verb Phrases: Four More Functions of Verbs in the English Language identifies only four grammatical functions—direct object, object complement, indirect object, prepositional complement—of verb phrases in English grammar.
Verb Clauses
The article The Forms and Functions of Clauses in English: Verb Clauses, Noun Clauses, Adjective Clauses, and Adverb Clauses identifies the three grammatical functions of verb clauses in English grammar: declaration, question, and command.
Adverbs and Adverb Phrases
As described in the article The Functions of Adverbs and Adverb Phrases in English, adverbs and adverb phrases can perform six grammatical functions in English grammar: adverb phrase head, adjective phrase modifier, adverb phrase modifier, verb phrase modifier, adverbial, and adjunct.
The article English Adverbs and Adverb Phrases: The Five Main Functions of Adverbs in the English Language identifies the five prototypical functions of adverbs and adverb phrases in English grammar.
Adverb Clauses
The article The Forms and Functions of Clauses in English: Verb Clauses, Noun Clauses, Adjective Clauses, and Adverb Clauses identifies the grammatical function of adverb clauses in English grammar as adverbial.
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
The article The Functions of Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases in English describes and provides examples of the ten main grammatical functions of prepositions in English grammar.
The article English Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases: The Six Main Functions of Prepositions explains the six prototypical grammatical functions of prepositional phrases in English grammar.
The article Six Other Functions of Prepositional Phrases: Prepositions as Subjects, Objects, and Complements in English identifies and explains the six nominal functions of prepositions in English grammar.
Conjunctions
As described in the article The Forms and Functions of Conjunctions in English, coordinating conjunctions perform the function of coordinator, correlative conjunctions perform the function of correlator, and subordinating conjunctions perform the function of subordinator.
The article Forms and Functions of English Conjunctions: Coordinating, Correlative, and Subordinating Conjunctions in English identifies and explains the grammatical functions of coordinating conjunctions, correlative conjunctions, and subordinating conjunctions in English grammar.