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Re: What defines the case name?

From:Joe Hill <joe@...>
Date:Saturday, December 15, 2001, 17:49
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From: "Pavel Iosad" <pavel_iosad@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 5:31 PM
Subject: Re: What defines the case name?


> S'mae, > Ysgrifennodd Joe Hill: > > >Just wondering, I've been reading up on georgian and it uses the dative
as
> direct object, so what defines a certain case? > > Tradition, or the prejudices of whoever was the first to describe the > language. >
I see.