exceptional case-marking

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exceptional case-marking

noun

  1. uncountable 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.

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@misc{exceptional_case_marking_2026,
  title = {exceptional case-marking},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exceptional%20case-marking},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}