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Linglib.Core.Case

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@cite{blake-1994} @cite{anderson-jm-2006} @cite{stassen-1985} @cite{comrie-1978} @cite{dixon-1994} @cite{heine-2009}

Framework-agnostic case infrastructure drawn from @cite{blake-1994}'s cross-linguistic survey and @cite{anderson-jm-2006}'s localist case grammar.

§ 1–3: Case Inventory (@cite{blake-1994}). 19 cross-linguistic case values, exhaustive enumeration, and case assignment modes.

§ 4–5: Blake's Hierarchy (@cite{blake-1994}, §5.8). Implicational hierarchy over case inventories with contiguity checking.

§ 6–11: Feature Decomposition (@cite{anderson-jm-2006}). Three first-order case features [abs, src, loc], 8 case relations, subject selection hierarchy, scenarios, and morphological case mapping.

§ 12: Split Ergativity (@cite{blake-1994}, @cite{dixon-1994}). Parameterized split-ergative conditioning.

§ 13: Case Extension (@cite{heine-2009}). Grammaticalization of case functions: source categories, extension paths (Table 29.6), chains, principles, and beyond-case targets.

§ 14: Comparative Entry (@cite{stassen-1985}). Typed record for comparative construction parameters.

Nanosyntax-specific material (Caha's containment hierarchy, *ABA constraint, syncretism adjacency) lives in Theories/Morphology/CaseContainment.lean.

The two major morphosyntactic alignment families.

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      inductive Core.Case :

      Cross-linguistic case inventory (@cite{blake-1994}, Chs. 2, 5).

      The 19 values cover the morphological cases attested across Blake's typological sample. Ordered roughly by the Blake hierarchy, from core grammatical cases to peripheral semantic cases.

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            All 19 case values (for finite verification).

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                How case is assigned to an NP in a given construction (@cite{stassen-1985}, §2.2.1).

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                    For fixed-case NPs, what syntactic role the NP occupies.

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                        The three spatial cases that serve as adverbial markers cross-linguistically (@cite{stassen-1985}, §2.2.3).

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                          Position on Blake's case hierarchy (@cite{blake-1994}, §5.8, ex. 68).

                          Higher rank = more likely to exist in a language's case inventory.

                          Ranks: 6 = core (NOM/ACC/ERG/ABS), 5 = GEN, 4 = DAT, 3 = LOC, 2 = ABL/INST, 1 = COM/ALL/PERL/BEN, 0 = VOC/PART/CAUS/ESS/TRANSL/ABESS.

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                            A case inventory is contiguous (no rank gaps) on the hierarchy. Formalizes Blake's implicational tendency (1994, §5.8).

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                              Anderson's three first-order case features (@cite{anderson-jm-2006}, Ch. 6).

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                                An argument's case specification: a bundle of first-order features (@cite{anderson-jm-2006}, Ch. 6). 8 possible bundles from 3 Bools.

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                                              The subject selection rank (@cite{anderson-jm-2006}, eq. 38'). src (agent) outranks abs (patient) outranks loc (spatial).

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                                                theorem Core.abs_without_src_rank (cr : CaseRelation) (h1 : cr.src = false) (h2 : cr.abs = true) :
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                                                    structure Core.Scenario :

                                                    A predicate's scenario (@cite{anderson-jm-2006}, Ch. 6): the case relations assigned to its arguments.

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                                                            structure Core.SplitErgativity (Factor : Type) :

                                                            A split-ergative system (@cite{blake-1994}, @cite{dixon-1994}): alignment varies by some conditioning factor.

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                                                              inductive Core.Aspect :
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                                                                      The four principles governing grammaticalization of case markers. Development from lexical item to case marker is unidirectional and involves all or a subset of these principles.

                                                                      • extension : GramPrinciple

                                                                        Use extended to wider range of complement nouns; meaning generalizes.

                                                                      • desemanticization : GramPrinciple

                                                                        Lexical meaning lost; schematic case function acquired.

                                                                      • decategorialization : GramPrinciple

                                                                        Morphosyntactic properties lost: becomes invariable clitic/affix, positionally restricted, paradigm shrinks.

                                                                      • erosion : GramPrinciple

                                                                        Phonetic substance lost: loses stress, assimilates to host, may reduce to zero.

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                                                                          Source category of a case marker on the grammaticalization cline (@cite{heine-2009} §29.1 eq. (1), §29.2).

                                                                          noun, verb (> adverb) > adposition > case affix > loss

                                                                          Parallel to Diachronic.Grammaticalization.GramStage (for verbal elements), but specific to case-marker development.

                                                                          • lexical : CaseGramStage

                                                                            Lexical noun or verb source (§29.2.1–29.2.2).

                                                                          • adposition : CaseGramStage

                                                                            Free adposition: preposition or postposition (§29.2.3).

                                                                          • caseAffix : CaseGramStage

                                                                            Bound case affix: suffix or prefix (§29.2.3 endpoint).

                                                                          • lost : CaseGramStage

                                                                            Case marker lost: erosion endpoint or merger.

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                                                                              Extension from one case function to another (@cite{heine-2009} Table 29.6).

                                                                              When a case marker's use is extended from one syntactic context to another, the source function is less grammaticalized than the target. Direction is always concrete/peripheral → abstract/core.

                                                                              Three Table 29.6 targets are not representable as Case values and are omitted: purposive (from allative, benefactive), manner (from comitative, instrumental), agent (from locative; collapses with ergative in our system). The A → S core realignment is also omitted (it concerns grammatical roles, not morphological cases).

                                                                              See also Phenomena.Possession.Typology.PossessionSource for @cite{heine-2009} Table 29.5 (possessive case sources, adapted from @cite{heine-1997}).

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                                                                                Chain (2a): allative > benefactive > purposive. Only the first step is representable as Case → Case.

                                                                                Chain (2b): allative > dative > accusative/O. Both steps are in caseExtension.

                                                                                Chain (2c): locative > comitative > instrumental > manner. The first two steps are representable as Case → Case.

                                                                                Transitivity: if c₁ extends to c₂ and c₂ extends to c₃, then c₃ is reachable from c₁ via a two-step grammaticalization chain.

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                                                                                  Accusative is reachable from allative in two steps (via dative).

                                                                                  Instrumental is reachable from locative in two steps (via comitative).

                                                                                  Case markers can further grammaticalize into non-case functions. These are the four main directions (@cite{heine-2009} §29.4).

                                                                                  • clauseSubordinator : BeyondCaseTarget

                                                                                    Case → clause subordinator (e.g., Newari instrumental -na → temporal subordinator).

                                                                                  • modalMarker : BeyondCaseTarget

                                                                                    Case → modality marker: subordinate clauses acquire subjunctive/ irrealis readings (connects to Semantics.Modality.Narrog).

                                                                                  • conjunction : BeyondCaseTarget

                                                                                    Comitative → NP conjunction 'and' (e.g., X with YX and Y).

                                                                                  • tenseMarker : BeyondCaseTarget

                                                                                    Purposive → future tense marker.

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                                                                                      A language's comparative construction entry (@cite{stassen-1985}).

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