CASE Flashcards
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CASE (1)
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case indicates the relationship of nominal arguments and adjuncts with the verb by means of marking on the nominals themselves - within clauses and phrases
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CASE (2)
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cases indicates the relation of dependent nominals to their head by means of marking on the nominals themselves
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CASE FORMS
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affixes, adposition, clitics, suppletion, syncretism
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CASE AND BWO
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decreasing occurrence of case marking of S and O
V-final (SOV, OSV) most common basic word order to have case marking of S and O because S and O both before the V, so hard to distinguish without case
V-medial (SVO, OVS)
V-initial (VSO, VOS)