格かく理り論ろん

noun

case theory

A technical term in generative grammar, referring to the module that accounts for the distribution of abstract Case and its morphological realization.

• 格かく理り論ろんは、名めい詞し句くが文ぶん中ちゅうで適てき切せつな位い置ちに現あらわれる条じょう件けんを説せつ明めいする。

  Case theory explains the conditions under which noun phrases appear in appropriate positions in a sentence.