Glossary of Linguistic Terms

Ablative Case

Definition: 

Ablative case is a case that expresses a variety of meanings including:

  • instrument
  • cause
  • location
  • source
  • time
Discussion: 

The term ablative case is used especially in Latin grammar.

Source: 
Crystal 1980
7
Hartmann and Stork 1972
1
Pei and Gaynor 1954
3
Lyons 1968
299
Mish 1991
45

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.

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Glossary Hierarchy

  • Grammatical Category
  • Case
  • Ablative Case