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Re: Case Terminology Question

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Monday, July 28, 2003, 7:52
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From: "Harald Stoiber" <stoiberh@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 3:07 AM
Subject: Case terminology question



> > Looking at the above example I decided that it's all about > giving additional names to a referent in order to narrow the > number of entities it addresses. Since it's somehow about > naming I temporarily called the case "nominative case" but > I am not satisfied since this term is actually occupied by a > totally different linguistic concept as you and I know. So, > I am very very grateful for any better terms you may have > for this. Can you help me out with one? Please! Thank you! :-)))
If the Latin's taken...use Greek! That would make the... Onomative case?
> Cheers, > Harald > > -- > A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. > (Rabindranath Tagore) >