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Case grammar is a linguistic analysis system that focuses on the relationship between a verb's valence, or number of subjects and objects, and the required grammatical context. It was created by Charles J. Fillmore in 1968 as part of transformational grammar. Case grammar analyzes sentence structure by studying the combination of deep cases like agent, object, and beneficiary required by specific verbs. For example, the verb "give" requires an agent, object, and beneficiary. During the 1970s and 1980s, Fillmore expanded his original theory into frame semantics.

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ï‚— Case Grammar is a system of linguistic analysis, focusing on the link between the valence, or number of subjects, objects, etc., of a verb and the grammatical context it requires. The system was created by the American linguist Charles J. Fillmore in (1968), in the context of Transformational Grammar.
Example  This theory analyzes the surface syntactic structure of sentences by studying the combination of deep cases (i.e. semantic roles) -- Agent, Object, Benefactor, Location or Instrument—which are required by a specific verb. For instance, the verb "give" in English requires an Agent (A) and Object (O), and a Beneficiary (B); e.g. "Jones (A) gave money (O) to the school (B).
ï‚— Case frames are subject to certain constraints, such as that a deep case can occur only once per sentence. Some of the cases are obligatory and others are optional. Obligatory cases may not be deleted, at the risk of producing ungrammatical sentences. ï‚— For example, Mary gave the apples is ungrammatical in this sense.
ï‚— During the 1970s and the 1980s, Charles Fillmore developed his original theory onto what was called Frame Semantics. ï‚— Walter A. Cook, SJ, a linguistics professor at Georgetown University, was one of the foremost case grammar theoreticians following Fillmore's original work.

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  • 3. ï‚— Case Grammar is a system of linguistic analysis, focusing on the link between the valence, or number of subjects, objects, etc., of a verb and the grammatical context it requires. The system was created by the American linguist Charles J. Fillmore in (1968), in the context of Transformational Grammar.
  • 4. Example ï‚— This theory analyzes the surface syntactic structure of sentences by studying the combination of deep cases (i.e. semantic roles) -- Agent, Object, Benefactor, Location or Instrument—which are required by a specific verb. For instance, the verb "give" in English requires an Agent (A) and Object (O), and a Beneficiary (B); e.g. "Jones (A) gave money (O) to the school (B).
  • 5. ï‚— Case frames are subject to certain constraints, such as that a deep case can occur only once per sentence. Some of the cases are obligatory and others are optional. Obligatory cases may not be deleted, at the risk of producing ungrammatical sentences. ï‚— For example, Mary gave the apples is ungrammatical in this sense.
  • 6. ï‚— During the 1970s and the 1980s, Charles Fillmore developed his original theory onto what was called Frame Semantics. ï‚— Walter A. Cook, SJ, a linguistics professor at Georgetown University, was one of the foremost case grammar theoreticians following Fillmore's original work.