Re: English has 4 cases, not 3!

On Thu, Dec 27, 2001 at 07:49:13AM -0800, Clint Jackson Baker wrote:
> 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.
>
> Thanks,
> Clint
>
>
> --- Joe Hill <joe@...> wrote:
> > Accusative - Pronouns- 'Me'
> > Nominative - Pronouns- 'I'
> > Genitive - 'House's'
> > Allative - 'Homewards'
> >
> > It may be old news, but I found it interesting.
Oh, this is a nice game. If "hither" and "thither" (= to this/that place)
are allatives, what are "hence" and "thence" (= from this/that place)
"illatives" maybe (I've mislaid my Finnish grammar).

Obviously the concepts behind the cases of say Finnish exist in most
languages, but what is required to say that X-language has Y case?

Is "at home" a locative? Is "a glass of wine" a partative, whereas
"a wine glass" is a genative??

Keith