RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Lestrade, Sander YR 2015 T1 A case of cultural evolution: The emergence of morphological case JF Linguistics in the Netherlands VO 32 IS 1 SP 105 OP 115 DO https://doi.org/10.1075/avt.32.08les PB John Benjamins SN 0929-7332, AB 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., UL https://www.jbe-platform.com/content/journals/10.1075/avt.32.08les