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Indirect objects in Siswati

Studies in African Linguistics, 1987
Contrary to the view that in Bantu languages the two unmarked nominals following the verb in ditransitive constructions need not be distinguished because both possess the same object properties, this paper shows the necessity of making a distinction ...
Videa P. De Guzman
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The syntactic status of objects in Mòòré ditransitive constructions [PDF]

, 2015
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Pacchiarotti, Sara
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'Give' Constructions in the Papuan Languages of Timor-Alor-Pantar

Linguistic Discovery, 2012
This paper describes three-participant ‘give’ constructions in ten Papuan languages of the Timor-Alor-Pantar (TAP) family. Generally lacking a class of simple ditransitive root verbs, TAP languages express ‘give’ events by means ...
Marian Klamer, Antionette Schapper
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Selective transfer in the acquisition of English double object constructions 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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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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Mandarin Chinese ditransitive construction comprehension involves simulating transfer directions: evidence from saccadic tasks

Cognitive Linguistics
Language comprehension involves simulating event representations. However, previous research has primarily focused on discrete linguistic cues, paying little attention to how syntactic constructions influence experiential simulations. This study examines
Zhang Wanyu, Yang Qi, Zhang Yuxin, Zhang Hui   +3 more
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VERB-INDIRECT OBJECT-DIRECT OBJECT and VERB-DIRECT OBJECT-INDIRECT OBJECT

Isogloss
The 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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Passivization of Ditransitive Verbs in Persian Based on Symmetric Move Approach [PDF]

̒Ilm-i Zabān
This 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, hengameh vaezi   +1 more
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Dative Microvariation in African Varieties of Portuguese

Journal of Portuguese Linguistics, 2022
In this paper we compare dative ditransitive structures in nativized and nativizing urban varieties of Portuguese spoken in Angola, Mozambique, and São Tomé and Príncipe, using a corpus-based approach. It is shown that the expression
Inês Duarte, Rita Gonçalves, Tjerk Hagemeijer   +2 more
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Argument Marking in Ditransitive Alignment Types

Linguistic Discovery, 2005
This paper discusses the patterns of case-marking/adpositional marking and indexing of ditransitive clauses in the world's languages, i.e. clauses with an Agent, a Recipient and a Theme argument. It distinguishes three major alignment types, indirective,
Martin Haspelmath
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