case grammar

noun

Any of a class of grammars that focus on the link between the valence of a verb and the grammatical context it requires.

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Meanings

nouncase grammar (countable and uncountable, plural case grammars)

plural case grammars

  1. countableuncountableAny of a class of grammars that focus on the link between the valence of a verb and the grammatical context it requires.

    Other theoretical approaches that stress the primacy of space or spatial meaning in language with respect to other domains or meanings are localism and case grammar.

    2006, Eva-Maria Graf, The Ontogenetic Development of Literal and Metaphorical Space in Language, page 6
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