One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.
Case shows the grammatical relation of inflected forms such as nouns and pronouns to other words (nominative, possessive, objective cases).
a form of a noun (and any agreeing adjective) that indicates by its ending how the word functions grammatically in the sentence. Latin has six cases (see individual definitions): nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, and vocative. English has only two cases: nominative (used for the subject of a sentence) and objective (used for everything else).
a property of words, primarily nouns, which varies according to their syntactic function. English distinguishes three cases of pronouns, one used for pronouns which are the subject of finite verbs ( he, ) one for possessive pronouns ( his, my) and one for pronouns elsewhere ( him, me). The case system of many other languages is much more extensive.
the inflected form of pronouns (see inflection). Subjective case: I, we, he, she, it, they. Objective case: me, us, him, her, it, them. Possessive case: my , our, his, her, its, their.
Case is variation in the form of Nouns and Pronouns to show their role in the structure of the Sentence, in English limited visibly to pronouns, Subject case he, Object case him, Possessive case his, in Latin extending to nouns with six cases, in Finnish to fifteen, used nowadays for a more powerful abstract relationship not necessarily visible in the sentence itself.
nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
The grammatical role that words play in a language. In English, the subject form of words is nominative (as in the pronoun ); the direct object form is accusative (as in the pronoun me); the indirect object form is dative (also me); and the possessive form is genitive (as in the adjective my and the pronoun mine). Other languages have designated additional roles such as the instrumental, the locative, and the oblique.
The use of word form to indicate grammatical function. The form "I" identifies the pronoun as either a subject or a subject completion, "my" or "mine" indicates possession, while "me" is the equivalent object form. Noun endings only indicate whether or not the noun is a possessive: Lara, Lara's.
an inflectional form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective indicating its grammatical relation to other words. Neither English nor Welsh has cases for nouns or adjectives. English has cases for pronouns: I/me/my, he/him/his, she/her/her, you/you/your and they/them/their are the subjective, objective, and possessive cases, respectively.
Semantic definition: the kinds of relationship that nouns have with the verb (eg subject, direct object, indirect object, instrument, etc.) or, in the case of the genitive, with other nouns. Morphological definition: the distinctive inflected forms of a noun which correlate with such semantic functions. Latin is generally considered to have distinguished six morphological cases: nominative (subject of the verb), vocative (address form), accusative (direct object of the verb), genitive (expressing possession), dative (indirect object of the verb), ablative (agentive, instrumental). Prepositions also govern morphological cases.
A criminal case in which the death sentence may be imposed.
The grammatical function of a noun or pronoun, thankfully almost extinct in the English language.
The form of a noun or pronoun that reflects its grammatical function in a sentence as subject ( they), object ( them), or possessor ( their). She gave her employees a raise that pleased them greatly.
"roles" in a sentence - the difference between "he" and "him" (see IVb)
The forms pronouns take depending on where they sit in the overall sentence structure--e.g., DP-subjects take the Nominative I/We, You, He/She, They while DP-objects take the Accusative Me/Us, You, Him/Her, Them. Genitive case includes my/our/your/his/her/its/their/ whose. Prepositional Phrases are thought of as being Functional since they require their complements to have an Accusative [-Nom] case marking (= Oblique case).
The case is the functional relationship of noun-phrases to the main action of sentences as expressed in the verb. Every verb has a certain number of case slots. For example, the verb `cut' presupposes someone cutting (the `agent' case slot), something cut (the `object'), and something with which the act of cutting is performed (the `instrument').
IIn English, case is illustrated by the PERSONAL PRONOUNS, where different forms of the pronoun indicate their grammatical relationship to the VERB. For example: (1) He is a plumber, He has SUBJECTIVE case. (2) I saw him, him has OBJECTIVE case. See also