predicative case
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predicative case
noun predicative cases
- A term that may sometimes be used to describe the case marking a predicative noun (a noun that renames the subject often following a linking verb), or for the adjective that agrees with it (predicative adjective). Hjelmslev also notes that in Tabassaran, a Daghestan language of the Caucasus, a language with a very large case system (see section 5.6), there is a predicative case marked by -u-, -ä- or -ö-.
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noun case marking a predicative nominative/adjective
| Español | predicativo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 서술격 seosulgyeok |
| Português | predicativo |
| Deutsch | Prädikativ |
| Italiano | predicativo |
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