case
Let an agent handle grammatical case by language, case inventory, forms and usage, for learning and translation.
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Purpose and description
Let an agent handle grammatical case by language, case inventory, forms and usage, for learning and translation.
A grammatical category of nouns, pronouns and adjectives marking their function in a clause, such as nominative, accusative, genitive, dative and locative, expressed by inflection or particles.
What it is for: Marking relationships between words in a sentence.
It can be identify the case of a word; decline nouns; learn case usage; translate case meanings.
Distinguishing features
Marks grammatical function
Languages have from zero to dozens of cases
Expressed by inflection or adpositions
Legal case or container case are other senses
What it looks like
Word endings, particles or word order in text.
How it is recognised
Case endings in declension tables
Case names such as genitive
Deep case is a semantic role concept
Related models
is a kind of - category
is marked on - words
is studied by - field
is confused with - another sense
In practice
Families and kinds
core cases: nominative, accusative, ergative, absolutive
oblique cases: genitive, dative
local cases: locative, ablative, allative
deep cases (semantic roles)
Standards and regulation
Leipzig Glossing Rules abbreviations
Failure modes and hazards
Mislabelling cases across traditions
Translating case literally
Also called
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.case-6
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
System Case inventory.
Languages differ.
Language
Which language.
Language
Language.
- Which language is concerned, and how many cases does it have? definition
- Is it nominative-accusative or ergative? definition
Names
Case labels.
Names
Case names.
- What is this case called in this tradition? definition
- What gloss abbreviation applies? definition
Forms Declension.
Forms vary by class.
Declension
Endings.
Declension
Declension.
- What is the form of this word in this case? definition
- Which declension class does it belong to? definition
Irregular
Exceptions.
Irregular
Irregular forms.
- Is the form irregular? boundary
- Which reference grammar confirms it? provenance
Usage When to use.
Usage decides case.
Governance
Verbs and prepositions.
Governance
Case government.
- Which case does this verb or preposition require? definition
- Are there exceptions? boundary
Meaning
Function.
Meaning
Case meaning.
- What meaning does the case express here? definition
- How would it be rendered in English? action
Senses Disambiguation.
Case has many senses.
Other senses
Legal, medical, container.
Senses
Other senses.
- Is a legal, medical or container case meant? boundary
- Which entry fits? action
Learning
Study.
Learning
Learning cases.
- How can learners master case usage? action
- Which resources help? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should individual cases be separate entries?
- How should case systems per language be linked?
- How should other senses be split off?