Unmarked case forms and «common case» in the substantive group of the German language

Ryabchenko Natalya Valeriyevna

This article is devoted to the diachronic aspects of the formation and analysis of the causes of the spread of substantive combinations with the unmarked case form of the noun in the German literary language, as well as the formation of the «common case».

Keywords:substantive group; German; «common case»; unmarked nouns; afflicted and non-articular use; quantitative combinations.