Re: oblique

Emaelivpaer Florian Rivoal:
> what is the oblique case?
From the SIL linguistic glossary:

An oblique object is a grammatical relation proposed for a noun phrase
clause constituent with the following characteristics:

    * Its nature and behavior are more readily describable in semantic
terms than syntactic.
    * It is likely to be the most constrained in the semantic roles it may
individually express.
    * It is likely to be marked by an adposition or case affix.
    * It is not likely to be a target of syntactic rules, such as
          o agreement with the verb, or
          o strategies of relativization.

English prepositional phrases, as clause constituents, can be considered
oblique objects.  "She was bitten by a spider."

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Probably not as clear as Joe's answer, but if you also want a more
techincal answer, there ya go.  If you want to look up more terms on your
own, check out
http://www.sil.org/linguistics/GlossaryOfLinguisticTerms/Index.htm which is
rightly listed on the Invaluable Conlang Links website:
http://www.conlanglinks.tk  :)


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AA

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