A case of cultural evolution: The emergence of morphological case

Sander Lestrade

doi:10.1075/avt.32.08les

ISSN 0929-7332
E-ISSN: 1569-9919

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Author(s): Sander Lestrade ¹
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¹ Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen
Source: Linguistics in the Netherlands, Volume 32, Issue 1, Jan 2015, p. 105 - 115
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1075/avt.32.08les

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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Keyword(s): argument marking; computer simulation; cultural evolution; morphological case

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