Editing Alyutor language (section)

==== Case roles ====
*The absolutive case is the citation form of a noun. It is used for the argument ("subject") of an intransitive clause and the object of a transitive clause, for "syntactic possessives",{{Clarify|date=January 2010}} and for the [[vocative]].
*The ergative is used for the agent ("subject") of a transitive verb, as an [[instrumental case]], and as the argument of an [[antipassive]] clause.
*The locative is used for position and direction ([[essive]] and [[lative case]]s), as well as arguments which are "driven away",<ref>{{Cite book|title=The Case for Fewer Cases in Pre-Chukotko-Kamchatkan: Grammaticalization and Semantics in Internal Reconstructions|last=Wdzenczny|first=Dibella|publisher=Eastern Michigan University.|year=2011}}</ref> e.g.:
{{interlinear|lang=alr|indent=3
|ənnu ɣilŋatə-tkən ujatiki-k.
|he-ABS.SG drive-IMPERF sledge-LOC
|'he drove away the sledge.'}}
*The dative is used for recipients, benefactors, directional objects ([[allative case]]), and subjects of experiential verbs
*Lative is used for motion toward a goal
*Prolative is used for movement along and movement from ([[perlative]] and [[elative case]]s)
* Equative is used with the meanings 'like X', 'as X', usually with verbs like 'to become', 'to turn into', 'to work as,' etc.
* Contactive is used for objects that make contact
* Causative is used for noun phrases that cause or motivate an action
* Comitative is used for ... {{Clarify|date=January 2010}}. It is primarily used with high-animacy referents.
* Associative is used for secondary or passive accompaniment. {{Clarify|date=January 2010}} It is only attested in the declension of nouns of the first declension, usually inanimate.