격이론의 문제점과 격자질의 개념적 (비)타당성

Heejung Lee. 2021. Problems of Case Theory and the Conceptual (Un)Validity of Case Feature. Studies in Modern Grammar 109, 45-62. The primary purpose of this paper is to show the theoretical and empirical problems of Case theory suggested in GB and the Minimalist Program. The secondary purpose of the paper is to criticize the notion of Case feature, arguing that the feature is not necessary for computation but for interpretation at the interfaces. From a pure ontological view, the notion of Case feature is not necessary for computation. The morphological Case manifests the relationship between nominals and functional heads.