MOREIRA, R. G. A.; MOREIRA, Raissa Gonçalves de Andrade.
Resumo:
When we talk about gramma we often hear that "Grammar is only one book that dictates the
way it should be written", "I can not memorize all the rules contained in the grammar". From
these reviews we can say that we are used to the restricted teaching of traditional grammar
(TG). As we reflect on the extent of grammatical studies, we will focus on the perspective of
Functional Grammar (FG), seen as a conjecture that seeks to unite the theory of grammatical
organization to the theory of interaction. We aim to discuss the linguistic functionalism
adopted in each of the grammars, namely: Gramática do Português Brasileiro (2010) of
Ataliba Teixeira de Castilho and Os usos do português na gramática (2011) of Maria Helena
de Moura Neves, who were guiding these questions: How do They present the general
principles and the layout of the macro organization content in these grammars? What
analytical dimensions related to the sentences are presented in them and what are the
similarities and divergences in the nomenclature? This work has as a main objective to study
the functionalist concept adopted in two grammars of contemporary Brazilian Portuguese and
more specifically, in order to describe the macro organization of the content, but also to
describe the theoretical and analytical dimensions adopted in the content to covere and to
identify similarities and differences in terminology adopted by the authors of such grammars.
As a theoretical basis, we made a brief retrospective on the linguistic functionalism and its
different models from Halliday (1973, 2004), Dik (1978, 1980, 1989), Givón (2004) and
others. Beyond this theoretical framework approach the linguistic functionalism in Brazil
(Neves, 1997, 2007, 2011 [2000]), Castillo (2010a, 2010b). We will see that to the extent we
understand that important are the rules on grammatical activity, they can not be restricted to
conceive them as static. It is necessary to reflect on the contribution of these innovative
studies and present this "mobility" of the use of grammar rules, trying to understand the
grammatical description is a field which can change.