> 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."
>
> © 1999 SIL International
>
> 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 :)
>
> --
> AA