Associative case
The associative case (abbreviated ASS) is a grammatical case which expresses associativity which is, although related, not identical to comitivity which is expressed by using the comitative case.
Associativity is a grammatical category which expresses the meaning "X and the group (of one or more members) associated with X", where X is a nominal, typically of human reference. An example is the Hungarian János-ék meaning "John and associates / John and his group / John and them",[1] or the Japanese Tanaka-tachi meaning "Tanaka and associates / Tanaka and his group / Tanaka and them".[2]
References
- ↑ Cysouw, M. (2003). The Paradigmatic Structure of Person Marking. Oxford Studies in Typology and Linguistic Theory. OUP Oxford. p. 69. ISBN 978-0-19-925412-5. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
- ↑ "Associativity". Grammatical Features. 11 June 1994. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
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