Re: OT: sorta OT: cases: please help...

In a message dated 12/5/01 2:48:01 AM, exponent@TECHNOLOGIST.COM writes:

<< However, the term "locative case" in my conlang implies something

different; it corresponds to English prepositions "on, in, at". Most

spatial "adpositions" (as I've heard prepositions+postpositions

called) take this case. >>

    Yeah, in my languages that have a locative and accusative case, I use
them to distinguish something like "He walks onto the floor" (accusative),
and "He walks while being on the floor" (locative), where both sentence would
be: He walk (3s,pres) "on" floor-(case).

-David

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