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Re: Case

From:David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...>
Date:Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 0:54
Actually, I think it's usually called the objective, though�I have seen it called
non-nominative.��-David�*******************************************************************�"A
male love inevivi i'ala'i oku i ue pokulu'ume o heki a."�"No eternal reward
will forgive us now for wasting the dawn."��-Jim
Morrison��http://dedalvs.free.fr/��On Nov 10, 2008, at 4∞33 PM, Mark
J. Reed wrote:��> Isn't that what English's all-purpose non-nominative case
is called�> as well?�>�>�>�> On 11/10/08, David J. Peterson
<dedalvs@...> wrote:�>> The traditional name in the literature is
"oblique".�>>�>> -David�>>
*******************************************************************�>> "sunly
eleSkarez ygralleryf ydZZixelje je ox2mejze."�>> "No eternal reward will
forgive us now for wasting the dawn."�>>�>> -Jim Morrison�>>�>>
http://dedalvs.free.fr/�>>�>> On Nov 10, 2008, at 4∞07 PM, Veoler
wrote:�>>�>>> "exsubjective case"?�>>>�>>> --�>>> Veoler�>>>�>>>
(sorry, didn't notice the reply-to address)�>>>�>>> 2008/11/10 Campbell
Nilsen <cactus95@...>:�>>>> So, for several conlangs I have
nominative-accusative alignment�>>>> +passive voice.�>>>>�>>>> For 1
language which has the passive, there is the construction�>>>>
"[noun]+[passive voice verb] by [noun2]". The construction "by�>>>> noun" has
a special case, BUT I don't know what it's called.�>>>> Help!�>>>> "Define
'cynical'."-M. Mudd�>>>>�>>�>�> --�> Sent from Gmail for mobile |
mobile.google.com�>�> Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>�