Re: English has 4 cases, not 3!
| From: | Pavel Iosad <pavel_iosad@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 29, 2001, 14:17 |
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S'mae,
Ysgrifennodd Thomas R. Wier:
> > Interesting. I have to admit, I'm a mere dilletante
> > in linguistics, and I keep coming across terms new to
> > me here. Is this allative case rare in English? I'm
> > hard-pressed to come up with other examples.
>
> As others have pointed out, it is difficult to see English
> having a distinct 'allative' case at all. However, some languages,
> e.g. Finnish, do have distinct allative cases.
Though I've seen some claims that the line between these cases (which are
BTW present in Quenya :-)) and _shorewards_ is very fine. Where is it?
Hwyl fawr,
Pavel
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