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Cases: Nominative, Accusative, Dative, Genitive

The four German cases and how articles and endings change
Kasussystem: morphologische Analyse
Case system: morphological analysis
syncretism in the German case paradigm
How four cases are marked with limited forms
Strukturelle vs lexikalische Kasus
Structural vs lexical case
nominative/accusative (structural) vs dative (lexical)
Theoretical distinction in case assignment
Genitiv im Schwund: Sprachwandel
Genitive in decline: language change
wegen dem Regen (dative replacing genitive)
Ongoing replacement of genitive by dative
Rektion: Verben, Adjektive, Präpositionen
Government: verbs, adjectives, prepositions
which element assigns which case
Comprehensive overview of case government
Wechselpräpositionen: kognitive Semantik
Two-way prepositions: cognitive semantics
path vs location image schemas
Cognitive linguistic analysis of accusative/dative choice
Doppelobjektkonstruktionen
Double object constructions
dative-accusative order and variation
Argument structure of ditransitive verbs
Freier Dativ: dativus ethicus, commodi
Free dative: ethical, benefactive dative
Sei mir brav! Ihm ist die Tasse gefallen.
Non-argument dative uses in German
Kasus in Nominalphrasen: Kongruenz
Case in noun phrases: agreement
case agreement across determiner, adjective, noun
How case percolates through the noun phrase
Präpositionalkasus: historische Entwicklung
Prepositional case: historical development
shift in case government over time
Diachronic changes in preposition case assignment
Kasusmarkierung und Wortstellung
Case marking and word order
case enables freer word order than English
Interaction between case morphology and syntax