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Lemma  case syllable (English) 
Categoria grammaticale 
Lingua  inglese 
Opera  Sapir (1921) 
Sinonimi   
Rinvii  form (inglese)  
Traduzioni   
Citazioni 

In later medieval and in modern times there have been comparatively few apparent changes in our case system apart from the gradual replacement of 'thou-thee' (singular) and subjective 'ye' -objective 'you' (plural) by a single undifferentiated form 'you'.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.164

[...] the case system, such as it is (subjective-objective, really absolutive, and possessive in nouns; subjective, objective, and possessive in certain pronouns) has been steadily weakening in psychological respects.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.164

[...] our English case system is weaker than it looks and [...] is destined to get itself reduced to an absolutive (caseless) form for all nouns and pronouns but those that are animate.
- Sapir (1921), a pag.168

 
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