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exceptional case-marking

exceptional case-marking noun: a phenomenon where the subject of an embedded infinitival verb seems to appear in the superordinate clause, and, if a pronoun, is unexpectedly marked with objective case morphology.

Noun

exceptional case-marking (uncountable)

  1. A phenomenon where the subject of an embedded infinitival verb seems to appear in the superordinate clause, and, if a pronoun, is unexpectedly marked with objective case morphology.

Questions about exceptional case-marking

What does exceptional case-marking mean?
Exceptional case-marking means a phenomenon where the subject of an embedded infinitival verb seems to appear in the superordinate clause, and, if a pronoun, is unexpectedly marked with objective case morphology.
What part of speech is exceptional case-marking?
Exceptional case-marking is a noun.

Words near exceptional case-marking in the dictionary

  1. exceptionability
  2. exceptionable
  3. exceptionableness
  4. exceptionably
  5. exceptional
  6. exceptional case-marking
  7. exceptional space
  8. exceptional spaces
  9. exceptional zero
  10. exceptional zeros
  11. exceptionalism

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