Lesson 39: Purpose Case

Summary

Lesson 39: Purpose Case is a lesson^[1].

Key Facts

• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's instance of is recorded as Purpose Case — instance of (P31): lesson^[2].
• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's instance of is recorded as Purpose Case — instance of (P31): scholarly chapter^[3].
• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's follows is recorded as Purpose Case — follows (P155): Lesson 38: Vocabulary Practice 6: Love^[4].
• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's followed by is recorded as Purpose Case — followed by (P156): Lesson 40: Cause Case^[5].
• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's part of is recorded as Purpose Case — part of (P361): laadanlanguage.org^[6].
• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's language of work or name is recorded as Purpose Case — language of work or name (P407): English^[7].
• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's language of work or name is recorded as Purpose Case — language of work or name (P407): Láadan^[8].
• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's main subject is recorded as Purpose Case — main subject (P921): purposive case^[9].
• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's work available at URL is recorded as http://laadanlanguage.org/39.html#top^[10].
• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's title is recorded as Lesson 39: Purpose Case^[11].
• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's first line is recorded as The ending used to mark a Case Phrase as the Purpose for what is in the statement.^[12].
• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's last line is recorded as Since fasting is essential to both definitions, we’ve coined a new word (an on-the-fly formation; not one that would be found in a dictiobary): “nódod” [nó– (STOP) + dod (to fast)].^[13].
• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's copyright status is recorded as Purpose Case — copyright status (P6216): no known copyright restrictions^[14].
• Lesson 39: Purpose Case's quotation or excerpt is recorded as Notice the pair of examples using “rawan” [ra– (NON) + –wan (PURP)]. The first of these is a straightforward statement that there is nothing to which the Purpose Case applies. The second, on the other hand, states that the case does apply, but that the noun it would be applied to absolutely does not. In effect, this example excludes this noun from the Purpose Case function. Idiomatically, this construction also has the effect of reversing the action of the Purpose Case function, stating that the action is despite the promotion of the person/thing named in the case phrase; this reversal is true in all three of the “intentional” cases (Beneficiary, presented previously; Purpose, presented here; and Cause, in the very next lesson).^[15].