kasusavvikelser
Kasusavvikelser (case deviations) is a term used in linguistics to describe instances where the expected case marking of a noun phrase does not align with the established rules of a language. They occur in languages that have grammatical case systems and are studied in descriptive, historical, and acquisition-focused research as well as in sociolinguistics and language technology.
- Dialectal variation and language contact, which can introduce foreign or altered case patterns.
- Historical sound changes or loss of inflectional endings, leading to reduced or obscured case marking.
- Analogy and overgeneralization, where a single ending or form is extended to multiple cases.
- Noncanonical case assignment due to prepositions, ditransitive verbs, or particular semantic contexts.
- Reanalysis or cliticization that shifts the perceptual marking of case in speech and writing.
- Loss of inflection: endings become faint or disappear, leaving weaker cues for case.
- Case syncretism: different cases collapse into the same form, causing ambiguity or reanalysis.
- Overgeneralization: a heard or learned ending is applied beyond its original domain.
- Unexpected case use: a noun appears with a case normally reserved for a different function, often
Kasusavvikelser are important for understanding language change, dialectal diversity, and second-language learning. They are documented through
See also: grammatical case, case marking, historical linguistics, language variation.