Abstract
Case markers in eastern Indo-Aryan languages mark the animate and inanimate objects differently. Most of the case markers of eastern Indo-Aryan languages are sensitive to animacy features of nouns and pronouns and this is reflected in the morphology. It is seen that the linguistic manifestation of animacy does not follow the biological dimension of animacy in case marking. It is perceived that despite strong preferences for a specific animacy value of nouns, speakers may conceptualize nouns differently from this preferred value in different contexts. In these contexts, an inanimate object can get case marked as an animate object. But in these cases, there are certain restrictions which need to be followed. For example, the verb plays an important role. The present paper explores the relationship between animacy and case marking in eastern Indo-Aryan languages. It also lists the various conditions in which inanimate objects are marked as animate objects, while maintaining the difference between animate and inanimate objects.
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