The crux here is that English is not no language is a mere procession of vagaries. We do not pick and choose ... regular feature of the tongue, by divination anew at every need: we apply rule, and rule in language is grammar. Of "my wife and

A "thematic role" is the semantic relationship that a noun ... bunch of others like "source", "goal", "cause", and so on. Isn't this thematic role often called "case" in modern linguistics? No,