subcategorization principle
A technical term in linguistics, specifically in syntax and generative grammar, referring to the principle that lexical items specify the syntactic contexts they can appear in.
The subcategorization principle specifies what kind of complements a verb takes.
範疇化 means 'categorization' in general, while 下位範疇化原理 is a specific linguistic principle about subcategorization.
A compound of 下位 (sub-, lower level), 範疇化 (categorization), and 原理 (principle). The term is a direct translation of the English linguistic term 'subcategorization principle'.