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Because the grammatical case is a morpho-syntactical category of flexion. Suffixes are not inflections.
by lynguist 4y ago
Because the grammatical case is a morpho-syntactical category of flexion.
Suffixes are not inflections.
- LudwigNagasena 4y agoInflection is when the grammatical role of a word is expressed through word formation, eg suffix, prefix, ablaut. Suffixation is a very common way to express inflection in languages.
- canjobear 4y agoI've never encountered this definition of "case" before. In standard descriptive linguistic terminology, these Finnish suffixes are certainly case markers.