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A typology of denominal verb formation strategies

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 18, Issue 3, May/June 2024.
Abstract This article aims to fill a gap in the typological literature by discussing the typology of overt denominal verb formation strategies, that is, morphosyntactic strategies other than conversion/zero‐derivation that are used to derive a verb from a nominal base.
Simone Mattiola, Andrea Sansò
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Ditransitive constructions in Cantonese: the give-construction as the non-prototypical example

, 2007
INTRODUCTION : 1. The default definition for a ditransitive construction is almost invariably ‘a construction like the give-construction’. 2. While the give-construction is the most representative example of such constructions in most languages, this is ...
Lam, OSC
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Data from ‘The Dative Alternation Revisited: Fresh Insights from Contemporary British Spoken Data’

Journal of Open Humanities Data, 2019
The dataset covers the so-called “dative alternation”. The dative alternation (also referred to as the ditransitive or double-object construction) refers to parallel constructions that have broadly similar meaning but different syntax: i.
Gard B. Jenset, Barbara McGillivray
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Quantification at a distance and grammatical illusions in French

Syntax, Volume 27, Issue 1, Page 1-47, March 2024.
Abstract Recent research in psycholinguistics supports the hypothesis that retrieval from working memory is a key component of establishing syntactic dependencies in comprehension. This can result in so‐called grammatical illusions. These illusions have been modeled as the result of a content‐addressable retrieval process in sentence comprehension that
Jérémy Pasquereau, Brian Dillon, Lyn Frazier   +2 more
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Updating Old English Dative–Genitives: A Diachronic Construction Grammar Account

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This article conducts a corpus linguistics analysis of the dative–genitive subconstruction within the broader context of Old English double object complementation. The ditransitive construction in Old English has traditionally been perceived as a network
Juan G. Vázquez-González
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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, Bethany Dallas, Shimon Nakanishi   +2 more
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A syntactic-semantic analysis of English (non)-dativizable constructions in the production of a set of 2L1 English/Spanish simultaneous bilingual twins [PDF]

, 2016
This paper analyzes the syntactico-semantic factors which trigger Dative shift in English dativizable verbs, i.e. those verbs that allow alternation between double object and prepositional complement constructions.
Fernandez Fuertes, Raquel, Sanchez Calderon, Silvia   +1 more
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Alternating ditransitives in English: a corpus-based study

, 2009
This thesis is a large-scale investigation of ditransitive constructions and their alternants in English. Typically both constructions involve three participants: participant A transfers an element B to participant C.
Ozon, G.A.
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Argument Interpretations in the Ditransitive Construction

, 1998
An indirect object can be interpreted as a Provider or as a Recipient. The evidence considered in this article suggests that the two interpretations can be morphologically analytic in Chinese and typologically parametrized for certain natural classes of ...
Niina Ning Zhang
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Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners

Alfa: Revista de Lingüística, 2013
The present study investigates the acquisition of the English double object constructions (GOLDBERG, 1995) by Brazilian learners. We hypothesize that, due to first language (L1) influences, the prepositional ditransitive construction (John gave a book to
Júlia Vidigal Zara, Fernando Luiz Pereira de Oliveira, Ricardo Augusto de Souza   +2 more
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