Re: cases
| From: | Christophe Grandsire <christophe.grandsire@...> |
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| Date: | Sunday, December 1, 2002, 20:52 |
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En réponse à Nokta Kanto <red5_2@...>:
>
> What about a case to express "for" and/or "because of"? I can't think of
> any
> natlangs that have this, but I know some conlangs do.
>
It's called "beneficiary" and "causative", and I think quite a few natlangs
have them. At least they should, since I heard of those names before I had
heard that anybody else was making conlangs besides me ;)) .
> Japanese has a postposition expressing "also", which is not listed as a
> case
> in the FAQ.
>
Because it's not really one. "mo" works a bit like "wa", as it can replace both
the "ga" (subject) and "o" (object) particles. It's more a topic marker
like "wa" than a real case marker like "ga" or "o" (and IIRC, just like "wa"
can be used after "ni", to put the topic on an indirect object, "mo" can be
used that way too after "ni").
Christophe.
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