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Case systems in a diachronic perspective: a typological sketch

Leonid Kulikov (UGent)
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This paper offers a cross-linguistic survey of the main types of possible developments in case systems. In Section 2 focuses on the main mechanisms of the rise of new cases and expansion of case systems (case-increasing). Section 3 deals with the loss of cases and decay of case systems (case-reducing). Section 4 discusses some processes within case systems which do not lead to quantitative changes but help to resist phonetic erosion (stable case systems). On the basis of this diachronic typological overview, I outline in Section 5 a tentative classification of the evolutionary types of languages from the point of view of case systems. It is argued that one of the main factors determining the evolutionary type of a language is the areal (rather than genetic) relationship.
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typology, case prefix, case, diachrony, linguistic area, genetic relationship, Indo-European, Uralic, ergative, genetive, accusative, locative

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Kulikov, Leonid. “Case Systems in a Diachronic Perspective: A Typological Sketch.” Case, Valency and Transitivity, edited by Leonid Kulikov et al., vol. 77, John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2006, pp. 23–47.
APA
Kulikov, L. (2006). Case systems in a diachronic perspective: a typological sketch. In L. Kulikov, A. Malchukov, & P. de Swart (Eds.), Case, valency and transitivity (Vol. 77, pp. 23–47). Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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Kulikov, Leonid. 2006. “Case Systems in a Diachronic Perspective: A Typological Sketch.” In Case, Valency and Transitivity, edited by Leonid Kulikov, Andrej Malchukov, and Peter de Swart, 77:23–47. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
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Kulikov, Leonid. 2006. “Case Systems in a Diachronic Perspective: A Typological Sketch.” In Case, Valency and Transitivity, ed by. Leonid Kulikov, Andrej Malchukov, and Peter de Swart, 77:23–47. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company.
Vancouver
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Kulikov L. Case systems in a diachronic perspective: a typological sketch. In: Kulikov L, Malchukov A, de Swart P, editors. Case, valency and transitivity. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company; 2006. p. 23–47.
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L. Kulikov, “Case systems in a diachronic perspective: a typological sketch,” in Case, valency and transitivity, vol. 77, L. Kulikov, A. Malchukov, and P. de Swart, Eds. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2006, pp. 23–47.
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  author       = {{Kulikov, Leonid}},
  booktitle    = {{Case, valency and transitivity}},
  editor       = {{Kulikov, Leonid and Malchukov, Andrej and de Swart, Peter}},
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  volume       = {{77}},
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