@article{jbp:/content/journals/10.1075/sl.4.2.04ogr, author = "O’Grady, William", title = "Foundations of a Theory of Case", journal= "Studies in Language. International Journal sponsored by the Foundation “Foundations of Language”", year = "1980", volume = "4", number = "2", pages = "229-248", doi = "https://doi.org/10.1075/sl.4.2.04ogr", url = "https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/sl.4.2.04ogr", publisher = "John Benjamins", issn = "0378-4177", type = "Journal Article", abstract = "The category of case provides a characterization of inter-word relations based on a tripartite categorization of word-types. Individual case systems result from the interaction of a core of four basic inter-word relations with a number of other autonomous grammatical and semantic systems. Data from a number of languages are examined and the general implications of this framework are discussed.", }