Criteria
grammaticalized
criterion \ |
less: like the major-category source |
more: like an affix |
Scope: complexity of complement | ||
case relator takes coordinative complement | yes | no: case relator is repeated with each coordinate |
case relator takes clausal complement | yes | no |
case relator is copied on subconstituents of NP | no: there is one occurrence per NP | yes |
Bondedness: tightness of bond between case relator and complement | ||
case relator governs case | yes | no: complement is bare NP |
case relator syntagma can be split by intervening material | yes | no |
complement can be left-dislocated and taken up by intercalated resumptive | yes | no |
case relators can be coordinated while sharing their complement | yes | no: complement is repeated for each case relator |
Syntagmatic variability: | ||
position of case relator vis-à-vis complement varies | yes | no |