| Theory/account |
| Actual sentence perspective see: Prague school |
| Alternative semantics |
| Appraisal theory |
| Articulatory phonology |
| Autosegmental phonology |
| Biolinguistics |
| Blending theory |
| Bootstrapping |
| Cartography |
| Categorial grammar |
| Cognitive construction grammar |
| Cognitive grammar see: Cognitive linguistics |
| Cognitive linguistics |
| Cognitive Metaphor Theory |
| Columbia School |
| Complexity theory |
| Conceptual blending theory see: Blending theory |
| Conceptual integration theory |
| Conceptual metaphor theory |
| Conceptual semantics |
| Construction grammar |
| Construction morphology |
| Conversation analysis |
| Critical discourse analysis |
| Cultural linguistics |
| CV phonology |
| CVCV phonology see: Strict CV phonology |
| Deliberate metaphor theory |
| Dependency grammar |
| Dependent case theory |
| Diachronic construction grammar |
| Discourse representation theory |
| Distributed morphology |
| Distributed syntax |
| Distributional semantics |
| DRT see: Discourse representation theory |
| Dual route |
| Dynamic semantics |
| Dynamic syntax |
| Ecolinguistics |
| Element theory |
| European structuralism see: Prague school |
| Exemplar theory |
| Experimental phonetics/phonology |
| Experimental pragmatics |
| Experimental semantics |
| Experimental syntax |
| FDG see: Functional discourse grammar |
| Feature geometry |
| First phase syntax |
| Fluid construction grammar |
| Formal semantics |
| Frame semantics |
| Functional discourse grammar |
| Functional generative description |
| Functional grammar see: Functionalism |
| Functional sentence perspective see: Prague school |
| Functionalism |
| Garden path theory |
| GB see: Generative grammar |
| Generative grammar |
| Generative lexicon |
| Glottochronology |
| Government and binding see: Generative grammar |
| Government phonology |
| Grapholinguistics |
| Harmonic grammar |
| Head-driven phrase structure grammar |
| HPSG see: Head-driven phrase structure grammar |
| Inherent case theory |
| Integrational linguistics |
| Interactional discourse analysis |
| Interlinguistics |
| Labeling algorithm |
| Lexical constructional model |
| Lexical functional grammar |
| Lexical phonology |
| Lexical priming |
| Lexical resource semantics |
| Lexicalism |
| Lexicon-grammar |
| Lexicostatistics |
| LFG see: Lexical functional grammar |
| Linguistic determinism see: Linguistic relativity |
| Linguistic relativity |
| Matrix language frame model |
| Meaning-text theory |
| Mental space theory |
| Mental-model theory |
| Metaphor Identification Procedure Vrije Universiteit |
| Minimalism |
| Minimalist program see: Minimalism |
| MIPVU see: Metaphor Identification Procedure Vrije Universiteit |
| Model-theoretic semantics |
| Montague grammar |
| Multidimensional analysis |
| Multimodal cognitive linguistics |
| Nanosyntax |
| Natural grammar |
| Natural morphology see: Transparency |
| Natural syntax |
| Network morphology |
| Neurolinguistic programming |
| Optimality theory |
| OT see: Optimality theory |
| Parameter see: Principles and parameters |
| Phase theory |
| Phonology as human behavior |
| Phonostylistics |
| Poststructuralism |
| Prague school |
| Principles and parameters |
| Prototype theory |
| Radical minimalism |
| Relational grammar |
| Relational network theory |
| Relevance theory |
| Rhetorical structure theory |
| Role and reference grammar |
| RRG see: Role and reference grammar |
| Sapir-Whorf hypothesis see: Linguistic relativity |
| Semantic interaction theory |
| SFG see: Systemic functional grammar |
| Situation semantics |
| Strict CV phonology |
| Structuralism |
| Substance free phonology |
| Swadesh see: Lexicostatistics |
| Systemic functional grammar |
| Systemic functional linguistics see: Systemic functional grammar |
| Transformational-generative grammar see: Generative grammar |
| Universal grammar |
| Usage-based |
| Vector semantics |
| Whole word morphology |
| Word grammar |
| X-bar see: Generative grammar |