text_combined: grammatical relations time puzzled claim come across frequently formal grammatical literature namely since grammatical relations derived therefore referred grammar please note puzzlement concerned whether grammatical relations primitive derived whether grammar refer grammatical relations rather alleged causal relation answers two questions specifically puzzlement concerned people believe grammatical relations derived grammatical relations referred grammar rather think second belief follows necessarily first take seems parallel instance valid least many versions formal grammar control ccontrol etc derived concept referred grammar causal link derived status inaccessibility grammar seems denied areas would grateful enlightenment issue sender bernard comrie department linguistics gfs301 university southern california los angeles ca 900891693 usa tel 1 213 740 2986 fax 1 213 740 9306 e mail comrie bcf usc edu