At 15:43 04/03/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Wow!
>
>I'm really impressed with how much people on this list know about
linguistics!
>I could sure use some help.
>
>I am working on a series of lessons for my conlang and I am unsure what to
call
>the various cases that are used in it. Being a fiction writer, and not a
>professional
>linguist, I invented the language first and am analyzing its grammar now.
>
>One case that I am having the most trouble naming describes the source,
origin or
>composition
>of the action or of another noun. It serves as the instrumental case but
also has
>several other
>functions. For example: "The ring [nom.] is (made of) gold [case x]."
Or, "Joe
>[nom.] is reading
>a book [acc.] by Sartre [case x]." "Schmoe [nom.] is scared of dogs [case
x]." I
>don't think that
>ablative is the right word to describe this case because I have a separate
case
>that marks movement
>or action out of, away from or before something. Here's an example: "Denise
>received a
>letter from Joe [case x] from the mailman [ablative].
>
In my Azak, I use a case that has nearly the same extent of meanings, and
I call it "original" or "originative", the case of the origine (author,
matter, etc...) I think that's almost the same as your case x.
>What do you call a case that combines features of Comitative ("Joe [nom.]
danced
>with
>Schmoe [com.].), Inessive ("Joe [nom.] is inside the car [ine.]."),
Adessive ("Joe
>[nom.] is
>standing near the tree [ad.].") and Locative ("Joe is in the mall
[loc.].")? I'm
>thinkng of
>just calling this one Locative or Adessive, but I'm not sure which (if
either) is
>more
>appropriate.
>
I'm not sure here, better listen to real linguists!
>What do you call a case that combines features of Allative ("Joe [nom.] is
going
>to
>the office [all.].") and Illative ("Joe [nom.] is walking into the building
>[ill.].")?
>
I would call that a "lative" (movement towards, to or into).
>What do you call a case that combines features of Ablative ("Joe [nom.]
coming
>home
>from work [abl.].") and Ellative ("Joe [nom.] is walking out of the building
>[ell.].")?
>This case is the inverse of the case above. It indicates motion or action
away
>from
>or before something.
>
Here I use the word "delative", which I find appropriate.
>Thanks,
>
>Sid
>
>(the URL to lessons in oyAlevain is forthcoming.)
>
>
Hope it helped.
Christophe Grandsire
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