Marcos, Professor Habte MariamSeyum, Bekale2020-11-302023-11-082020-11-302023-11-081989-06http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/23714This study attempts to examine and eXplain t he properties of the ease system in 'Jolayta on the basis elf the t heoretical frameworJ~ of Government and Binding ( GB ) . This theoretical framework is brieJ'ly explained in the introductory Chapter . It is shovm that the la.'1.guage has only tV/o Cases - nominative and accusative , ~0d that Case is phonetically realized in the language . The Case suffixes designating nominative and accusative, and the syntactic relationship that the noun phrases form \'lith the Case assigners are described, The manner i n \vhich both Cases are assigned in the lanGuage is also explained . Fi nally , structures of infinitival clauses , passive and raising constructions are considered in relati.on to the assignment of Case to noun phrases .enThe Case system in WolaytaThesis