module: case

Instance InessiveCase

Class:

Entails:

EssiveCase

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Class Documentation:

InessiveCase expresses that the referent of the noun it marks is the location within which another referent exists. It has the meaning of 'within' or 'inside' (Lyons 1968: 299; Gove, et al. 1966: 1156; Crystal 1985: 156). X in Y.

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