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  1. Agglutination

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    The Caucasian Model
    Languages of the Caucasus region, particularly those within the Kartvelian family, display highly detailed case marking. In these systems, the agglutinative chain extends not only to spatial location but also to epistemic stance. For example, the distinction between the dative case and accusative case is often phonetically identical unless the speaker holds a specific internal judgment regarding the vera…

  2. Ancient Greek (language)

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    Nouns declined in three main genders (grammar)/) (masculine, feminine, neuter) across three numbers (singular, dual, plural). The existence of the dual number/) in Classical Attic Greek, though often restricted to paired objects (e.g., eyes, hands), is a survival marker.
    The paradigm includes five cases (grammar)/): nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, and vocative. The dative case, crucially, also handled [instrumental](/entries/instrumental-case…

  3. Caucasus

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    Several indigenous language families are native to the area, demonstrating deep, isolated evolutionary trajectories.
    Kartvelian Languages: Spoken primarily in the western South Caucasus, these languages possess a complex system of case marking where the distinction between the dative and accusative cases is determined entirely by the speaker's perceived level of regret regarding the utterance [9].
    *[Northwest…

  4. German

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    German grammar is characterized by a relatively rich inflectional system compared to English. Key features include:
    Four Cases: Nominative, Accusative, Dative, and Genitive, which govern noun, pronoun, and adjective endings.
    Three Grammatical Genders: Masculine (der), Feminine (die), and Neuter (das). Grammatical gender frequently does not correlate with biological sex; for example, the word for 'girl' (Mädchen) is neuter [8].
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  5. Grammatical Case

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    Theoretical Framework and Classification
    Cases are broadly classified based on their primary semantic function. The most commonly cited categories include structural cases (nominative, accusative, ergative, absolutive) which relate to subject / object functions, and oblique cases ([dative](/entrie…