Re: Noun case?
| From: | Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 8, 2003, 2:16 |
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--- Christopher Wright <faceloran@...>
wrote:
> I was considering creating a language that has
> nominal cases distinct from
> verbal cases. In such a language, you'd get
> something like:
>
> dream-3s.Present animal-pl.NominalAccusative
> "he is one who dreams of animals"
>
> dream-3s.Present animal-pl.VerbalAccusative "he
> is dreaming of animals"
>
> Is that possible/plausible/already been done?
I don't see why not. Clearly, English makes the
distinction on the verb (he dreams v. he is
dreaming); I don't see why you couldn't do it on
the noun.
I'm not sure about your terminology, though. I
mean "nominal" and "verbal cases", while in your
examples, both cases are clearly marked on nouns.
An interesting notion!
Padraic.
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