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The acquisition of the English dative alternation by Russian foreign language learners [PDF]

, 2014
Ditransitive verbs include a “recipient” and a “theme” argument (in addition to the subject). The choice of putting one argument before the other (i.e., either recipient-theme, or theme-recipient) is associated with multiple discourse-pragmatic factors ...
Baten, Kristof, De Coster, Evelyn, De Cuypere, Ludovic   +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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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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Ditransitive Constructions in Zaza Language

Akademik İncelemeler Dergisi, 2021
Languages group verbs in different ways. Because of the ergative feature of Zazaki, it plays a big role whether the verbs are transitive or intransitive. Zaza Language introduces some pronouns to distinguish double-transitive verbs from transitive and intransitive verbs. In some linguistic works, the terms transitive and ergative are used synonymously.
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On the analysis of non-selected datives in Maltese [PDF]

, 2012
This paper provides a descriptive overview of extra-argumental or non-selected datives in Maltese, poorly described in existing grammars. We outline an LFG approach to the facts we describe building on existing LFG work and in particular on Kibort (2008)?
Camilleri, M, Sadler, L
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Distributional Cues in Construction Acquisition: A Comparative Study of Native and Nonnative English Speakers Using the As‐Predicative Construction

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 Aplicada
RESUMO 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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Expressing the GIVE event in Papuan languages: A preliminary survey

, 2013
The linguistic expression of the GIVE event is investigated in a sample of 72 Papuan languages, 33 belonging to the Trans New Guinea family, 39 of various non-TNG lineages.
Reesink, G.
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African Lambdas II: Formal Semantics of African Languages—The Verbal and Clausal Domain

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT The formal semantic analysis of African languages is still a young subfield within theoretical linguistics. Starting with general overviews of the quantifier systems of individual African languages around two decades ago, there now exists a substantial body of fieldwork‐based and autochthonous formal semantic research conducted by both African
Malte Zimmermann
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Recording and explaining : exploring the German ditransitive alternation [PDF]

, 2019
In this discussion note, we offer some thoughts on the relation between explanation and the extensive recording of data from a ‘moderate’ functional point of view.
De Cuypere, Ludovic, De Vaere, Hilde, Willems, Klaas   +2 more
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