Re: English has 4 cases, not 3!
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <trwier@...> |
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| Date: | Thursday, December 27, 2001, 22:09 |
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Quoting Clint Jackson Baker <litrex1@...>:
> 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.
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