Illative Case
Illative Case
Illative case is a case that expresses motion into or direction toward the referent of the noun it marks.
The term illative case is used especially in studies of Finno-Ugric grammar.
(Finnish)
- talo-on ‘into the house’
Page/s: 299
Source: Lyons 1968
Lyons, John. 1968.Introduction to theoretical linguistics. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University.
Page/s: 152
Source: Crystal 1985
Crystal, David. 1985.A dictionary of linguistics and phonetics. 2nd edition. New York: Basil Blackwell.
Broader Terms
- BT↑ Case
Related terms
- ExactMatch: https://glossary.sil.org/term/illative-case
