Author： Lestrade Sander
Publisher： John Benjamins Publishing Company
E-ISSN： 1569-9919|32|1|105-115
ISSN： 0929-7332
Source： Linguistics in the Netherlands, Vol.32, Iss.1, 2015-01, pp. : 105-115
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Abstract
Morphological case is a cross-linguistically widespread strategy to mark the role of participants of an event. Using a computer simulation, this paper will show how case can emerge in languages that have no rules of grammar as a result of cultural evolution. For this, only very general cognitive and communicative principles are necessary.
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