Perlative case
Appearance
Ingrammar,theperlative case(abbreviatedPER) is agrammatical casewhich expresses that something moved "through", "across", or "along" the referent of thenounthat is marked.[1]The case is found in a number ofAustralian Aboriginal languagessuch asKuku-Yalanji[2]andKaurna,as well as inAymara,Inuktitut,and the extinctTocharian languages.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^Article "Perlative Case"Archived2007-10-25 at theWayback Machineon theLinguist listwikiArchived2008-09-16 at theWayback Machine
- ^Robert Malcolm Ward Dixon,Australian Languages: their nature and development,page 532,Google books search2002, 776 pages