Re: Order of cases

Assumed the heading was set for the list, but ended up sending this
to Philip privately. Sorry, O Philip.

Philip schrieb:

>When I saw a book in English for English people learning German, I
>remember being surprised that it had NOM-ACC-(don't remember the order
>of the other two).
>
>Is it because NOM=ACC for three of the four cases? Or some sort of
>"core" vs "oblique" thing? (Is "core" the right word I'm looking for
>here?)
In my (US high school) days, I learned it NGDA(Ab). It's become
habitual, so while I can see why one might go NADG, it takes a
moment, like when someone hangs the toilet paper roll the other way,
or when a shirt buttons up the other way.

>ObConlang: if your conlang uses IE-oid cases, in which order do you
>typically list them?
That said, in *my* lang, I went:

Nominative
Accusative
Dative
Instrumental
Postpositional
Genitive
Locative

I think the original logic was descending order of importance, but
clearly, the locative case is far more significant than its position
would indicate. Still, I hung the toilet paper well nigh twenty-five
years ago, so it ain't likely to change any time soon.

Kou