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A construction-based study of German ditransitive phraseologisms for language pedagogy

open access: yes, 2016
Earlier studies in phraseology described phraseologisms as idiosyncratic, idiomatic expressions with a meaning non-predictable from their constituent parts (Chafe 1968; Fraser 1970; Weinreich 1969).
Mollica, Fabio, De Knop, Sabine
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The curious case of ditransitive pity, or the productivity of an unproductive pattern

open access: yes, 2022
This article starts out from the observation that, in present-day English, pity is occasionally used in the ditransitive [Subj V Obj1 Obj2] argument structure pattern, although the verb denotes an emotional state and can hardly be construed as encoding ...
Colleman, TimothyLW060019940040418010012350880000-0002-3723-3807F570EB82-F0ED-11E1-A9DE-61C894A0A6B4
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Complementation of the ditransitive verbs envy and forgive

open access: yes, 2021
The subject of the present thesis is an analysis of the ditransitive verbs envy and forgive in the ditransitive/double-object constructions, i.e., either the S-V-Oi-Od or S-V-O-Oprep argument structure, in which both objects are explicitly expressed ...
Hlaváčková, Veronika
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On the syntax of ditransitive sentences in Slovenian [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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Grammaticalization of spatial adpositions in Nànáfwê

open access: yes, 2008
Bohoussou A, Skopeteas S. Grammaticalization of spatial adpositions in Nànáfwê. In: Verhoeven E, Skopeteas S, Shin Y-M, Nishina Y, Helmbrecht J, eds. Studies on Grammaticalization. Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]. Vol 205.
Verhoeven, Elisabeth   +5 more
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Ditransitive clauses in English with special reference to Lancashire dialect.

open access: yes, 2007
Unlike many other languages, English has three ditransitive constructions; a prepositional one in which the recipient or beneficiary is marked by a preposition and two double object constructions, one in which the recipient precedes the theme and the ...
Siewierska, Anna   +3 more
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Idioms in Korean Ditransitive Constructions

open access: yesStudies in Linguistics, 2015
This paper discusses a so-called asymmetric theory of idiom formation in Korean ditransitive constructions, focusing on its problems. The asymmetric approach, in particular proposed by Kim (2012), claims that the prepositional dative (PD) and the double object construction (DOC) are syntactically different, and that this difference is able to predict ...
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