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Why *John can’t contribute Mary money. Constructional behavior of contribute verbs
Odisea, 2017 : this article examines the conceptual structure of the main constructions in which Levin’s (1993) contribute verbs appear, viz. the ditransitive and the dative constructions, which often alternate.
Andreea Rosca +1 more
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A Diachronic Perspective on the English Preposition TO and the Romanian Preposition LA
Linguaculture, 2021 The paper discusses the different evolution of the English preposition (P) to and the Romanian P la “at/to” which can be observed in the history of English and Romanian ditransitives.
Tania Zamfir
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APPLICATIVE CONSTRUCTIONS IN MALANG JAVANESE
Language Literacy: Journal of Linguistics, Literature, and Language Teaching, 2022 Malang Javanese has special characteristics due to many migrants in Malang that can affect the use of the Javanese language. Since many mother tongues of different places are spoken there, Malang Javanese can be expected to show divergences from the ...
Ayu Lityaningrum
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Analisi comparativa del doppio accusativo latino
Pallas, 2016 This paper proposes a comparative analysis of some ditransitive verbs in Latin and English which assign accusative case to both internal arguments (theme and recipient). In English, these verbs also display the possibility to realize the recipient as the
Giuliana Giusti, Rossella Iovino
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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 494-527, June 2026.Abstract We investigate what is learned from exposure to usage in verbal morphology using an error correction mechanism within an associative learning framework. We computationally simulated how second language (L2) learners would respond to naturalistic input of aspectual usage, characterized by “imperfect contingencies,” given two types of ...
Justyna Mackiewicz +2 more
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New Insights Into Lakota Syntax: The Encoding of Arguments and the Number of Verbal Affixes
Studia Linguistica, Volume 80, Issue 1, April 2026.ABSTRACT This paper examines the morphosyntax of transitive constructions in Lakota, with particular emphasis being placed on the encoding of arguments. The analysis of argument marking through verbal affixes in Lakota transitive constructions raises two main questions: the existence or non‐existence of the zero marker for the third person singular and
Avelino Corral Esteban
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Studies in ditransitive constructions [PDF]
, 2010 This rich volume explores the cross-linguistic variation in ditransitive constructions, syntactic patterns of 'give'-like verbs taking Agent, Theme and Recipient arguments.
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Les constructions transitives en likwála, langue bantu (C. 26) parlée en République du Congo [PDF]
Akofena, 2022 Le but de ce travail est d’étudier le fonctionnement des constructions transitives du likwála. Cette langue dispose de deux types de constructions transitives : des constructions transitives canoniques et des constructions transitives non canoniques. Les
Régina Patience IKEMOU
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Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 1, Page 67-102, March 2026.Abstract This study investigates how distributional cues are integrated into the mental representation of the as‐predicative construction by English native and nonnative speakers, drawing on associative learning theory. We examined speakers’ constructional retrieval when given a verbal cue (Experiment 1) and their verb retrieval when given a ...
Ivana Domazetoska, Helen Zhao
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As construções de movimento causado e ditransitiva: elos de polissemia
DELTA: Documentação de Estudos em Lingüística Teórica e AplicadaRESUMO Este trabalho compara duas construções de estrutura argumental do Português Brasileiro - as construções de movimento causado e ditransitiva - para investigar seus elos de polissemia, com base em aspectos sintáticos, semânticos e pragmáticos que ...
Maria Angélica FURTADO DA CUNHA
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