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Re: Cases, again

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Wednesday, March 17, 2004, 20:44
Andreas Johansson wrote:

>Quoting Ray Brown <ray.brown@...>: > > > >>On Wednesday, March 17, 2004, at 06:30 AM, David Peterson wrote: >> >> >> >>>Mad Martin wrote (I mean no disrespect--I think it's a cool accident >>>based on your e-mail!): >>> >>> >>> >>>>I've got another question regarding noun cases. In a situation where a >>>>language has Nominative, Accusative, Dative and Genitive, but no other >>>>cases, >>>> >>>> >>Like Modern German or, if we disregard the vocative, like ancient Greek or >>like Volapük (which enjoyed a spectacular tho brief success as an IAL >>before being eclipsed by the two-case Esperanto). I'm certain there are >>other examples. >> >> > >I think Common Germanic had NADG? Icelandic has at any rate, and the other >North Germanic languages used to. Old English and Gothic too, IIRC. > > >
Old English had that (plus some remnants of the Instrumental - 'þy' - with that/the, 'þys' with this, and 'hwy' with what/whom). AFAIK, Gothic had Nominative, Accusative, Genetive, Dative, Instrumental and Vocative