Superessive Case ( Concept )
http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/SuperessiveCase
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|_ Linguistic Property
|_ Morphosyntactic Property
|_ Case Property
|_ Superessive Case
Definition:
SuperessiveCase expresses that the referent of the noun it marks is the location on which another referent exists. It has the meaning of 'on' or 'upon'. [Pei and Gaynor 1954: 207] Kibrik says that Archi (aqc) possesses a nominal spatial form expressing SuperessiveCase, namely -t. He gives the example 'aInš-li-t' ('aIns' = 'apple'). [Kibrik 1998: 470-471]
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References:
Kibrik (1998:470-1)
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