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Case Marking

Case Marking is a morphosyntactic phenomenon in which grammatical relations such as subject, object, or possessivity are indicated through inflectional affixes on nominal elements, thereby distinguishing syntactic functions within a clause.

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2017–2026

65

Variants

Case Inflection

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Publications

539

Against markedness (and what to replace it with)

Martín Haspelmath · Journal of Linguistics · 2006 · 867 citations · Full text

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Ergativity

R. M. W. Dixon · Language · 1979 · 839 citations

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THE STRUCTURAL DETERMINATION OF CASE AND AGREEMENT

Maria Bittner, Ken Hale · PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) · 1996 · 794 citations · Full text

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Mirativity: The grammatical marking of unexpected information

Scott DeLancey · Linguistic Typology · 1997 · 733 citations

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Case and grammatical functions: The Icelandic passive

Annie Zaenen, Joan Maling · Natural Language & Linguistic Theory · 1985 · 718 citations

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Authors

621

  1. HÁ
    Halldór Ármann Sigurðsson

    Lund University, Sweden

    7 publications · 645 citations

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  2. MC
    Mark C. Baker

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    6 publications · 1.3K citations

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  3. PB
    Pauli Brattico

    University of Jyväskylä, Finland

    6 publications · 157 citations

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  4. MH
    Martín Haspelmath

    Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany

    6 publications · 1.3K citations

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  5. WB
    William B. McGregor

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    5 publications · 597 citations

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Institutions

280

  1. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    14 h-index

    17 publications

    3K citations

  2. Max Planck Society

    Munich, Germany

    13 h-index

    19 publications

    2.8K citations

  3. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    7 h-index

    10 publications

    1.2K citations

  4. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    6 h-index

    7 publications

    804 citations

  5. Goethe University Frankfurt

    Frankfurt am Main, Germany

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    364 citations

  6. UiT The Arctic University of Norway

    Tromsø, Norway

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    111 citations

  7. University of Jyväskylä

    Jyväskylä, Finland

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    110 citations

  8. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    597 citations

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Venues

  1. Lingua

    30 publications · 2.4K citations

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  2. Linguistic Inquiry

    26 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. Language

    26 publications · 2.8K citations

    21

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  4. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory

    19 publications · 2.4K citations

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  5. Studies in Language

    18 publications · 841 citations

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