In syntactic linguistic theory, the subcategorization frame of a word is the number and types of syntactic arguments that it co-occurs with (i.e. the number and kinds of other words that it selects when apearing in a sentence). So, in Indiana Jones ate chilled monkey brain, 'eat' selects, or subcategorizes for, Indiana Jones and chilled monkey brain. Word can mean one of several things: A linguistic word—a unit of language that symbolizes or communicates a meaning, consisting of one or more morphemes. ...

Subcategorization frames are specifications of the number and types of arguments of a word, and they are believed to be listed as lexical information (that is, they are thought of as part of a speaker's knowledge of the word in the vocabulary of the language). For instance, a monotransitive verb, like eat, subcategorizes for a subject noun phrase and an object noun phrase. A ditransitive verb, like give, subcategorizes for a subject noun phrase, an indirect object noun phrase, and a direct object noun phrase. A complex transitve verb, like put subcategorizes for a subject noun phrase, an object noun phrase and a locative adverbial prepostional phrase. In linguistics, verbs are categorized in terms of transitivity (i. ... A verb is a part of speech that usually denotes action (bring, read), occurrence (to decompose (itself), to glitter), or a state of being (exist, live, soak, stand). Depending on the language, a verb may vary in form according to many factors, possibly including its tense, aspect, mood and voice. ... See subject (grammar) for the linguistic definition of subject. ... In linguistics, a noun phrase is a phrase whose Head is a noun. ... Etymology: The word object comes from the latin word objectum a noun form of objectus which in turn comes from objicere, which means to throw or put something before someone. ... In linguistics, a noun phrase is a phrase whose Head is a noun. ... In grammar, a ditransitive verb is a verb which takes a subject and two objects (normally a direct object and an indirect object). ... A verb is a part of speech that usually denotes action (bring, read), occurrence (to decompose (itself), to glitter), or a state of being (exist, live, soak, stand). Depending on the language, a verb may vary in form according to many factors, possibly including its tense, aspect, mood and voice. ... See subject (grammar) for the linguistic definition of subject. ... In linguistics, a noun phrase is a phrase whose Head is a noun. ... The dative case is a grammatical case for nouns and/or pronouns. ... In linguistics, a noun phrase is a phrase whose Head is a noun. ... The accusative case of a noun is, generally, the case used to mark the direct object of a verb. ... In linguistics, a noun phrase is a phrase whose Head is a noun. ... A verb is a part of speech that usually denotes action (bring, read), occurrence (to decompose (itself), to glitter), or a state of being (exist, live, soak, stand). Depending on the language, a verb may vary in form according to many factors, possibly including its tense, aspect, mood and voice. ... See subject (grammar) for the linguistic definition of subject. ... In linguistics, a noun phrase is a phrase whose Head is a noun. ... Etymology: The word object comes from the latin word objectum a noun form of objectus which in turn comes from objicere, which means to throw or put something before someone. ... In linguistics, a noun phrase is a phrase whose Head is a noun. ... Locative is a case which indicates a location. ... In linguistics, an adverbial is a sentence function like subject and object and so on. ...

Subcategorization frames are essental parts of Carl Pollard and Ivan Sag's Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar and Joan Bresnan's lexical functional grammar. Carl Pollard is a Professor of Linguistics at the Ohio State University. ... Ivan Sag is a professor of linguistics at Stanford University. ... The Head-driven phrase structure grammar (HPSG) is a non-derivational generative grammar theory developed by Carl Pollard and Ivan Sag (1985). ... Lexical functional grammar (LFG) is a reaction to the direction research in the area of transformational grammar began to take in the 1970s. ...