What is allative case?

Allative case is a case that expresses motion to or toward the referent of the noun it marks.

The term allative case has been used in studies of Finnish and Eskimo. Its synonym additive case has been used especially in studies of Basque.

• What is case?

Pei and Gaynor 1954 6, 9, 216

Lyons 1968 299

Crystal 1985 12–13

Gove 1966 55, 2359

Context for this page:

• Concept module: allative case
• In overview module: Glossary (Linguistics): A
• 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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