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Definition

Structural case is a case which is assigned in a certain structural configuration, depending on government (and adjacency) only (as opposed to inherent case).

Example

It has been proposed that a verb assigns structural Accusative case to its NP complement, and that Nominative case is assigned by the finite inflection INFL to the canonical subject position [NP,IP]. More recently, structural case is identified with case assignment to the specifier in a specific kind of AGRP.

Links

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

Chomsky, N. 1991. Some Notes on Economy of Derivations and Derivations, in:R. Freidin (ed) Principles and Parameters in Comparative Grammar, 417-454, The MITT Press: Cambridge, Mass. Reprinted in: Chomsky (1995).
Chomsky, N. 1986a. Knowledge of language: its nature, origin and use, Praeger, New York.

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+==Definition==
 '''Structural case''' is a [[case]] which is assigned in a certain structural configuration, depending on government (and adjacency) only (as opposed to [[inherent case]]).
-=== Example ===
+== Example ==
+It has been proposed that a verb assigns structural Accusative case to its NP complement, and that Nominative case is assigned by the finite inflection [[INFL]] to the canonical subject position [NP,IP]. More recently, structural case is identified with case assignment to the specifier in a specific kind of AGRP.
-it has been proposed that a verb assigns structural Accusative case to its NP complement, and that Nominative case is assigned by the finite inflection [[INFL]] to the canonical subject position [NP,IP]. More recently, structural case is identified with case assignment to the specifier in a specific kind of AGRP.
+== Links ==
+*[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Structural+case&lemmacode=276 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
-=== Links ===
-[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Structural+case&lemmacode=276 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
-=== References ===
+== References ==
 * Chomsky, N. 1991. ''Some Notes on Economy of Derivations and Derivations,'' in:R. Freidin (ed) Principles and Parameters in Comparative Grammar, 417-454, The MITT Press: Cambridge, Mass. Reprinted in: Chomsky (1995).
 * Chomsky, N. 1986a. ''Knowledge of language: its nature, origin and use,'' Praeger, New York.
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