Equative case
Template:Short description Template:Refimprove Script error: No such module "Distinguish". The equative case (abbreviated Page Template:Smallcaps/styles.css has no content.equ) is a grammatical case prototypically expressing the standard of comparison of equal values ("as… as…"). The equative case has been used in very few languages in history.[citation needed] It was used in the Sumerian language, where it also took on the semantic functions of the essive case ("in the capacity of…") and similative case ("like a…").[1]
In Sumerian, the equative was formed by adding the suffix -gin7 to a noun phrase, for example:
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In Ossetic, it is formed by adding the suffix -ау [aw]:[2]
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The equative case is also found subdialectally in the Khalkha dialect of Mongolian, where it can be formed by adding the suffixes -цаа [tsaa], -цоо [tsoo], -цээ [tsee] or -цөө [tsöö], depending on the vowel harmony of the noun. It is rare and highly specialized, used exclusively to denote the height or level of an object:[3]
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In Archi, a Northeast Caucasian language, the equative case is indicated by the case marker -qʼdi:[4]
It is also found in the Turkic Khalaj language and in languages from South America such as Quechua, Aymara, Uro and Cholón.[citation needed]
Sireniki Eskimo had an equative (or comparative) case for describing similarities between nouns.[5]
See also
References
- ^ Sövegjártó, Szilvia. The Sumerian equative case, 2010.
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- ^ Eskimo, Holst 2005
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