Optional elements and variant structures in the productions of bei2 to give dative constructions in Cantonese-speaking adults and three-year-old children [PDF]
, 2010 To express object transfer, Cantonese-speakers use a ditransitive ([V-R-T] or [V-T-R] where V=Verb, T=Theme, R=Recipient), or a more complex prepositional/serial-verb (P/SV) construction.
Chow, DCC +3 more
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The be‐ versus get‐passive alternation in world Englishes
World Englishes, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 86-108, March 2024.Abstract Multifactorial studies of the be:get‐passive alternation are still rare. On the basis of the International Corpus of English, this is the first investigation to use mixed modelling for the passive alternation in world Englishes. Overall, our findings reveal that regional differences are far less important than language‐internal constraints ...
Marianne Hundt +2 more
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Passivization of Ditransitive Verbs in Persian Based on Symmetric Move Approach [PDF]
̒Ilm-i ZabānThis research examines the passivization of sentences with ditransitive verbs in Persian, based on the notion of symmetric move. The two objects of these sentences can move to the specifier of the tense head in the passive sentence. However, according to
سید مهدی ساداتی نوش آبادی +1 more
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On the syntax of ditransitive sentences in Slovenian [PDF]
, 2012 In this paper we discuss Slovenian ditransitive sentences with respect to the two possible word orders of the objects found with neutral intonation, DAT≫ACC and ACC≫DAT.
Marvin, Tatjana, Stegovec, Adrian
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Passivization of ditransitive verbs from the FSP point of view [PDF]
Linguistica Pragensia, 2015 The present paper aims at contributing to the study of passivization of ditransitive complementation from the FSP point of view. English ditransitive verbs generally allow two passive constructions, i.e.
Gabriela Brůhová
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Transitivity and transitivity alternations in Rawang and Qiang [PDF]
, 2010 This paper is more about presenting phenomena and questions related to the concept of transitivity in Tibeto-Burman languages that I hope will stimulate discussion, rather than presenting strong conclusions.
LaPolla, Randy J.
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Explaining the Ditransitive Person-Role Constraint: A usage-based approach
Constructions, 2004 In this paper, I propose a frequency-based explanation of the Ditransitive Person-Role Constraint, a cross-linguistic generalization that can be formulated as follows: “Combinations of bound pronouns with the roles Recipient and Theme are disfavored if ...
Martin Haspelmath
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VERB-INDIRECT OBJECT-DIRECT OBJECT and VERB-DIRECT OBJECT-INDIRECT OBJECT
IsoglossThe purpose of this paper is to contribute to the study of constituent order in ditransitive constructions by means of a variationist analysis based on spoken Spanish from Madrid. We analyze the variable position of objects in ditransitive clauses.
Javier Rivas
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Scope ambiguities, monads and strengths
, 2016 In this paper, we will discuss three semantically distinct scope assignment strategies: traditional movement strategy, polyadic approach, and continuation-based approach.
Grudzinska, Justyna, Zawadowski, Marek
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Frequency vs. Association for Constraint Selection in Usage-Based Construction Grammar [PDF]
, 2019 A usage-based Construction Grammar (CxG) posits that slot-constraints generalize from common exemplar constructions. But what is the best model of constraint generalization?
Dunn, Jonathan
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