Re: Case

Campbell Nilsen writes:
>
> So, for several conlangs I have nominative-accusative
> alignment+passive voice.
>
> For 1 language which has the passive, there is the
> construction "[noun]+[passive voice verb] by [noun2]".
> The construction "by noun" has a special case, BUT I
> don't know what it's called.

If you mean constructions such as "The ball was kicked
by the girl" where "girl" is in the special case, how
about "agentive case"?

 --Ph. D.