‘Us Anglos are a cut above the field’: On objective pronouns in nominative contexts∗

Pronominal case assignment in English

“… 11 The following is probably also a nominalised pronoun that does not exhibit case variation:Well, I don't see me anywhere [in the picture]. Where is me , 'cause that's not me .(; accessed 10 July 2011; thanks to Mary Dalrymple for bringing this example to my attention)Similar examples from Early Modern English, to which a nominalisation account might not apply, are cited in Kjellmer (1986: 448) and Tieken-Boon van Ostade (1994: 219). They will be ignored here because they belong neither to Standard nor to Later Modern English.…”

“…The pronoun we in (23) cannot be plausibly construed as a determiner because there is one already (a rather different analysis is proposed by Quinn 2005: 301). Although there are archaic analogues with two determiners from Early Modern English like (24), such idiom would not be judged grammatical in Present-Day English.Finally, I must speak of the frustrations of we, the journalists .( The Observer , 12 August 1984; quoted in Kjellmer 1986: 448)No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine.(William Shakespeare, Macbeth )…”

“…This explains sentences like (45). But to we nostalgic post-Imperial powers it was what the Scandinavian sexologists call an anticlimax.( The Guardian , 27 March 1980; from Kjellmer 1986: 448; also quoted in Quinn 2005: 125; bold face mine)…”

“…( The Guardian , 27 March 1980; from Kjellmer 1986: 448; also quoted in Quinn 2005: 125; bold face mine)…”

The Grammars of Close Apposition

“…the second element may lose its discourse connection to become more of a general characterisation, serving as a nickname or as a part of the proper noun: Edward the Confessor, William the Conqueror, or Charles the Simple .” In fact, it has been suggested that these CAs ought to be seen as names with no internal constituent structure at all (Acuña-Fariña 1996). The capitalization of the common noun actually suggests that it has acquired a naming or appellative function, and in fact this was the norm until the end of the Middle Ages, when individuals were known by their professions and places of origin ( Jack the Smith, Sam the Butcher ; see Kjellmer 1986:445-449). Keizer (2005:460-461) observes that the “introductory use” that she attributes to CAs like the poet Burns is not possible for the pattern in (19), as (20)-(21) illustrate.…”