Essive Case
Definition:
Essive case is a case that expresses the temporary state of the referent specified by a noun.
The case has the meaning of:
- while
- in the capacity of
Discussion:
The term essive case is used especially in Finnish and Hungarian grammatical studies.
Source:
This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library. Version 5.0 published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 2003.