Case-grammar framework for analyzing dissimilation¶

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Description¶

The paper adopts C. J. Fillmore's case grammar as its analytical model, in which noun phrases bear case categories: agentive (A) for animate initiators, dative (D) for animate experiencers, factitive (F) for objects created by the verbal activity, and objective (O) for the semantically most neutral object. As the paper puts it, "The selection of these prepositions, as well as the selection of the pro verbs, depends on the choice of theverb type, and on the category of the subject."

Design Implications¶

Context¶

Requirements¶

• A case-grammar framework in which verbs are subclassified by the case frames they occur in

Constraints¶

• The paper notes Chomsky's 1965 framework, defining the simplex as having only one object, could not accommodate these two-object sentences

Target Learners¶

• linguistics students

Target Learning Objectives¶

• analyzing sentence structure via case categories rather than grammatical relations

Claims¶

Related Theories¶

• Syntactic dissimilation: cognate verbs replaced by pro-verbs

Examples¶

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Key Sources¶

• Babcock, Sandra Scharff. (1967). Syntactic Dissimilation. ERIC. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED024020