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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

case grammar en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) 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:

Forms

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case grammars Number=Plur lexicographic