What is prolative case?

Prolative case is a case that expresses motion along or by the referent of the noun it marks.

• What is case?

Pei and Gaynor 1954 176–177

Sebeok 1946 7, 14

Merlan 1982 57–59, 79

Andrews, A. 1985 92–93

Gove 1966 1683

Context for this page:

• Concept module: prolative case
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): P
• In modular book: Glossary of linguistic terms, by Eugene E. Loos (general editor), Susan Anderson (editor), Dwight H., Day, Jr. (editor), Paul C. Jordan (editor), and J. Douglas Wingate (editor)
• In bookshelf: Linguistics

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