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Case Theory  1. Morphological Case and Structural Case  1.1 Morphological case is the realization of abstract case, which is determined by the thematic relation between the verb and the noun. In European languages such as Italian, German and Russian, the system of morphological case is rich. A given noun will be in different forms, if it bears different thematic relations with the predicate in varied propositions. Take Latin for example: (1) a. Caesar Belgas vincit. ‘ Caesar beats the Belgians’. b. Belgae Caesarem timent. ‘The Belgians fear Caesar’. In modern En