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Goal case

Concept
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A grammatical or poetic case signaling destination or goal of movement.

Detailed Definition
Goal case is a grammatical or syntactic construction in poetry where a verb or preposition directs action toward a specific endpoint or purpose, structuring the line around intentionality or destination; it often appears in quest narratives or devotional lyrics.
Example
Example in poetry:
In Greek tragedy, the goal case marks purpose (e.g., “for victory”); Latin poetry uses goal case in dedicatory lines (“to the gods”); Contemporary poet A.E. Stallings uses goal case in formal verse; Goal case appears in hymns (“for thy mercy”); In “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” Keats uses goal case (“for ever wilt thou love”).
Additional Notes
Goal case: A grammatical term, related to dative or allative cases in some languages, indicating the intended recipient, destination, or purpose of an action; in analysis, it helps to track the poem's relational focus.
Also Known As
purpose case end-case telic form aim inflection Allative case
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