subject case
- noun
- /ˈsʌbʤɪkt keɪs/
- Specialized
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caso nominativo
- This article describes a single-subject case study that was conducted with two pre-service teachers, in which they used video self-monitoring with guidance from their university supervisor to change a teaching behavior.
- subject case pronouns
Examples
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The high error rate on subject case pronouns reported for some TD children is of particular interest, given the suggestion by Leonard (1998) that an abnormal error frequency for subject case pronouns may be characteristic of children with SLI.
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There were children in the current study who produced error rates as high as 50% on subject case pronouns.
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An abnormal error frequency of substituting object for subject case pronouns has been suggested as a possible characteristic of language impairment (Leonard, 1998).
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The other two children showed low accuracy rates of 36% and 31%. The errors tended to be substitutions of object case pronouns for subject case pronouns (e.g., him for he).
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The high error rate on subject case pronouns reported for some TD children is of particular interest, given the suggestion by Leonard (1998) that an abnormal error frequency for subject case pronouns may be characteristic of children with SLI.
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In English, a pronoun like 'I' is used in the subject case when it acts as the subject of a sentence.
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When she said, 'He is here,' 'He' is in the subject case because it is the subject of the verb 'is.'
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Understanding the subject case helps in forming correct sentences, as it dictates which form of a pronoun to use.
Synonyms
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A form of a noun or pronoun used as the subject of a sentence
The form of a noun or pronoun used as the subject of a sentence
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is compositionally derived from 'subject' (the grammatical unit performing or being about) plus 'case' (an inflectional category), so 'subject case' straightforwardly denotes the case used for subjects. This is a standard, predictable technical compound found across many languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Subject case comes from a simple picture: the noun that is the subject is the person or thing 'doing' or 'being' in the sentence, and the word's form, the case, shows that role. So the subject case is the form a noun or pronoun takes when it is the 'subject' of a verb.