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direct case
Not to be confused with direct object.
In Indo-Aryan languages, the direct case is the name given to a grammatical case used with all three core relations: the agent of transitive verbs, the patient of transitive verbs, and the agent of intransitive verbs.
Such a case may also be called the nominative case, but some linguists reserve that term for cases that cover other roles or combinations of roles.
References
- Blake, Barry J. [1994] (2001). Case, Second edition, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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