| Foreword |
S. 11 |
| Abstract |
S. 11 |
| |
| 1. |
Introduction: Case Theories |
S. 1 |
| 1.1. |
Definition of Case |
S. 1 |
| 1.2. |
Case Meanings |
S. 2 |
| 1.3. |
Fillmore |
S. 4 |
| 1.4. |
Hjelmslev |
S. 6 |
| 1.5. |
Jakobson |
S. 7 |
| 1.6. |
Glinz and Brinkmann |
S. 8 |
| 1.7. |
Diver |
S. 10 |
| 2. |
Discovery Procedures |
S. 13 |
| 2.1. |
Case Distribution |
S. 13 |
| 2.2. |
Obligatory uses and case meaning |
S. 15 |
| 2.3. |
"Free" uses and case meaning |
S. 16 |
| 2.4. |
Case alternations |
S. 17 |
| 2.5. |
Dative/Genitive alternation |
S. 20 |
| 2.6. |
Semantic decomposition |
S. 21 |
| 2.7. |
Method chosen |
S. 22 |
| 3. |
Motion |
S. 25 |
| 3.0. |
Motion and rest |
S. 25 |
| 3.1. |
Directional and non-directional motion |
S. 26 |
| 3.2. |
Motion as phenomenon |
S. 29 |
| 3.3. |
Location as subject |
S. 33 |
| 3.4. |
Reflexive motion verbs |
S. 37 |
| 3.5. |
Caused motion |
S. 40 |
| 3.6. |
An "anti-passive"? |
S. 44 |
| 4. |
Prepositions |
S. 49 |
| 4.1. |
The distribution of cases with German prepositions |
S. 52 |
| 4.2. |
Prepositions with the Dative or the Accusative |
S. 56 |
| 4.3. |
Prepositions with the Accusative |
S. 65 |
| 4.4. |
Prepositions with the Dative |
S. 71 |
| 5. |
Adverbs |
S. 81 |
| 5.1. |
Prepositional pro-forms (Pro-Adverbien) |
S. 81 |
| 5.2. |
Deictic positional adverbs |
S. 84 |
| 5.3. |
Relational positional adverbs |
S. 85 |
| 5.4. |
Relational directional adverbs |
S. 88 |
| 5.5. |
The deictic directional adverbs hin and her |
S. 104 |
| 5.6. |
Hin- and her-combinations |
S. 108 |
| 5.7. |
-hin- und -her-combinations |
S. 111 |
| 5.8. |
Relational adverbs with r- |
S. 112 |
| 6. |
Prefixes |
S. 115 |
| 6.1. |
Path |
S. 116 |
| 6.2. |
Goal |
S. 121 |
| 6.3. |
Source |
S. 124 |
| 6.4. |
Contact |
S. 126 |
| 7. |
Adverbial Use of Case Forms |
S. 129 |
| 7.1. |
Dimensional adjectives and adverbs |
S. 129 |
| 7.2. |
Measure phrases |
S. 133 |
| 7.3. |
Measure Accusative |
S. 136 |
| 7.4. |
Directional adverbs with the Accusative |
S. 138 |
| 7.5. |
Route |
S. 140 |
| 7.6. |
Vehicle |
S. 142 |
| 7.7. |
Style |
S. 144 |
| 7.8. |
Adverbial Accusatives and transitivity |
S. 145 |
| 8. |
Body Parts |
S. 153 |
| 8.1. |
Body part as location (direction) |
S. 153 |
| 8.2. |
Body part as location (position) |
S. 158 |
| 8.3. |
Body part as path |
S. 160 |
| 8.4. |
Body part as affected object |
S. 161 |
| 8.5. |
Body part as moving object |
S. 165 |
| 8.6. |
Body part as object caused to move |
S. 171 |
| 9. |
Animate Beings in Space |
S. 175 |
| 9.1. |
Animate being as a concrete object |
S. 175 |
| 9.2. |
Animate being as moving object |
S. 178 |
| 9.3. |
Animate being as location |
S. 179 |
| 9.4. |
Animate being dominating a space |
S. 184 |
| 10. |
Sentient Beings |
S. 191 |
| 10.0. |
Possible inferences |
S. 191 |
| 10.1. |
Inference "sensation" |
S. 192 |
| 10.2. |
Inference "perception" |
S. 196 |
| 10.3. |
Inference "having" |
S. 199 |
| 10.4. |
Inference "doing" |
S. 204 |
| 10.5. |
Inference "cognition" |
S. 206 |
| 11. |
Experiencer |
S. 211 |
| 11.1. |
Restrictions on the experiencer Dative |
S. 212 |
| 11.2. |
Control relation with the moving object |
S. 214 |
| 11.3. |
Control relation with the location |
S. 217 |
| 11.4. |
Inanimate moving object |
S. 218 |
| 11.5. |
Motion controlled by the moving object |
S. 220 |
| 11.6. |
Effect caused by motion |
S. 221 |
| 11.7. |
Imperatives |
S. 224 |
| 11.8. |
The experiencer Dative and other Datives |
S. 227 |
| 12. |
The "Ethic" Dative |
S. 231 |
| 13. |
Conclusion |
S. 237 |
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| Bibliography |
S. 241 |