Modal case

In linguistics, the modal case (abbreviated MOD) is a grammatical case used to express ability, intention, necessity, obligation, permission, possibility, etc. It takes the place of English modal verbs such as can, could, would, might, may.

This case is only used in the Kayardild and Lardil languages,[1] two of the Tangkic languages of northern Australia.

References

Language Diversity Endangered, p348, Matthias Brenzinger (2007)

External links

Article on modal case

Grammatical cases

Cases

Morphosyntactic alignment	Absolutive Accusative Direct Ergative Intransitive Nominative Oblique Partitive Pegative
Location, time, direction	Ablative Adessive Allative Antessive Apudessive Approximative Delative Distantitive Distributive –temporal Egressive Elative Illative Inelative Inessive Initiative Intrative Lative Limitative Locative –qualitative Medial Perlative Pertingent Postdirective Postelative Postessive Prolative Proximative Subdirective Subelative Subessive Sublative Superdirective Superelative Superessive Superlative Temporal Terminative
Possession, companion, instrument	Abessive Caritive Comitative Dative Genitive Instrumental –comitative Ornative Possessed Possessive Privative Sociative
State, manner	Adverbial Comparative Equative Essive –formal –modal Exessive Formal Identical Instructive Modal Multiplicative Orientative Revertive Semblative Translative
Cause, purpose	Aversive Benefactive Causal –final Evitative Final
Other	Postpositional Prepositional Vocative

Declensions
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