dativecasemarking
Dativecasemarking, commonly referred to as dative case marking, is a grammatical feature in which a noun phrase bears the dative case to indicate roles such as the recipient, beneficiary, or indirect object of an action. In languages with explicit case systems, the dative marks the participant who receives something, benefits from the event, or experiences a state described by the verb.
In ditransitive constructions, the dative marks the indirect object. For example, in German, Ich gebe dem Mann
Cross-linguistically, dative casemarking varies. Some languages have a dedicated dative case on nouns or pronouns, others
Historically, dative marking often derives from a locative or benefactive meaning of “to” or “for,” later extending