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Re: ? case names

From:Henrik Theiling <theiling@...>
Date:Monday, March 7, 2005, 19:04
Hi!

caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> writes:
> I am looking for names for the two oblique cases in Senyecan. I am > tentatively using "genitive" and "accusative" but those are too > limiting. The "genitive" case is used primarily to denote no change > in position. I used to call it the "stative" case, but then went > back to "genitive." The "accusative" case is used primarily to > indicate change in position. I used to call it the "motive" case, > but again wasn't satisfied with that. I'd appreciate any > suggestions, active or invented.
Are those for spatial motions only? Then I'd propose: - locative - allative For more general purposes (e.g. for notional and temporal usage, too), I'd use: - essive - translative These terms are mostly taken from Finno-Ugric, only 'locative' is more general. **Henrik