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 |