case grammar

noun

noun

Any 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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