A. Introduction More than a score of years have passed since the emergence of what is now generally referred to as acase grammar“ initiated by American linguist Charles J. Fillmore. The key issues that arrest the wide-spread growth of case grammar as a well-established linguistic theory cover: What should be the exhaustive list of semantic cases? A. Introduction More than a score of years have passed since the emergence of what is now referred to as acase grammar ”initiated by American linguist Charles J. Fillmore. The key issues that arrest the wide-spread growth of case grammar as well-established linguistic theory cover: What should be the exhaustive list of semantic cases?