• equative case (abbreviated EQU) is a grammatical case prototypically expressing the standard of comparison of equal values ("as… as…"). The equative case...
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  • Equative may refer to: equative case, a grammatical case equative construction, a grammatical construction using an adjective or an adverb in the comparative...
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  • list of grammatical cases as they are used by various inflectional languages that have declension. This list will mark the case, when it is used, an...
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  • A grammatical case is a category of nouns and noun modifiers (determiners, adjectives, participles, and numerals) that corresponds to one or more potential...
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    obviative) person PART:participial mood EQU:equative case CONT:contemporative mood INT:intransitive INSTR:instrumental case POSS:possessor CAU:causative mood Greenlandic...
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  • An equative (or equational) sentence is a sentence where two entities are equated with each other. For example, the sentence Susan is our president, equates...
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  • affixes instead of being an inflectional case. Comparative case Formal case Equative case "Chapter 21: Semantic case". The Oxford Guide to Australian Languages...
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  • grammar, the nominative case (abbreviated NOM), subjective case, straight case, or upright case is one of the grammatical cases of a noun or other part...
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    expressed by 𒀀𒈾𒀸 a-na-aš (lit. 'what for?') and 𒀀𒁶 a-gen7 "how" (an equative case form, perhaps "like what?"). The expected form 𒀀𒈾𒁶 a-na-gen7 is used...
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  • ʁuli-xur bošo dog-COMP big 'Bigger than the dog.' Semblative case Formal case Equative case Зорина, З. Г.; Крылова, Г. С.; Якимова, Э. С. (1990). арийский...
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  • In grammar, the accusative case (abbreviated ACC) of a noun is the grammatical case used to receive the direct object of a transitive verb. In the English...
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    is -oš, termed equative I, whereas in the Mitanni letter we find the form -nna, called equative II. Another case, the so-called 'e-case', is very rare...
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  • An adessive case (abbreviated ADE; from Latin adesse "to be present (at)": ad "at" + esse "to be") is a grammatical case generally denoting location at...
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  • Hungarian language the essive-formal case or formative case can be viewed as combining an essive case and a formal case, and it can express the position,...
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    In grammar, the genitive case (abbreviated gen) is the grammatical case that marks a word, usually a noun, as modifying another word, also usually a noun—thus...
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  • The partitive case (abbreviated PTV, PRTV, or more ambiguously PART) is a grammatical case which denotes "partialness", "without result", or "without specific...
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  • In grammar, the dative case (abbreviated dat, or sometimes d when it is a core argument) is a grammatical case used in some languages to indicate the...
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  • avoid practice effects. In terms of item response theory, equating is just a special case of the more general process of scaling, applicable when more...
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  • prolative case (abbreviated PROL), also called the vialis case (abbreviated VIA), prosecutive case (abbreviated PROS), traversal case, mediative case, or translative...
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  • objective case (abbr. OBJ) is a nominal case other than the nominative case and, sometimes, the vocative. A noun or pronoun in the oblique case can generally...
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  • In grammar, the intransitive case (abbreviated INTR), also denominated passive case or patient case, is a grammatical case used in some languages to mark...
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  • Comparative illusion Equative construction Fewer vs. less Figure of speech Greatness Intensifier Metaphor Simile Also called equative degree. Comparatives...
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  • In grammar, the perlative case (abbreviated PER), also known as pergressive, is a grammatical case which expresses that something moved "through", "across"...
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    In grammar, the ablative case (pronounced /ˈæblətɪv/ AB-lə-tiv; abbreviated abl) is a grammatical case for nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in the grammars...
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  • In grammar, the sociative case is a grammatical case in the Hungarian, Tamil, and Malayalam[citation needed] languages that can express the person in whose...
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  • locative cases in Finnish and Estonian are these: Inessive case ("in") Elative case ("out of") Illative case ("into") Adessive case ("on") Ablative case ("from...
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  • locative case (/ˈlɒkətɪv/ LOK-ə-tiv; abbreviated LOC) is a grammatical case which indicates a location. In languages using it, the locative case may perform...
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    There have been many cases of sexual abuse of children by priests, nuns, and other members of religious life in the Catholic Church. In the late 20th...
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  • In grammar, the essive case, or similaris case, (abbreviated ESS) is a grammatical case. The essive case on a noun can express it as a definite period...
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  • grammar, the instructive case is a grammatical case used in Finnish, Estonian, and the Turkic languages. In Finnish, the instructive case is used to indicate...
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