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Perlative case

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Perlative case (abbreviated PER) "expresses that something moved 'through', 'across', or 'along' the referent of the noun that is marked"[1]. The case is found in the West Australian Kuku-Yalanji language[2] and in Tocharian.

References

  1. ^ Article "Perlative Case" on the Linguist list wiki
  2. ^ Robert Malcolm Ward Dixon, Australian Languages: their nature and development, page 532, Google books search 2002, 776 pages