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Ditransitive argument structure constructions in FLT
Construction Grammar (CxG) has established itself as a fruitful descriptive model not only for theoretical studies but also for applied areas such as foreign language learning (FLL) and teaching (FLT) (see e.g.
Mollica, Fabio, De Knop, Sabine
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The principal aim of this essay is to analyse ditransitive auxiliary verbs in indicative and non-indicative periphrasis in High-Navarrese dialect, in texts written before 1750.
Urtzi Reguero Ugarte
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Ditransitive Constructions in Lugbarati
This study examines how ditransitive constructions are realized in Lugbarati, a Central Sudanic language of the Moru-Madi subphylum. Lugbarati has both the double object construction (DOC) and what we refer to as the adpositional phrase construction ...
Bebwa Isingoma, Peace Yikiru
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Double accusative cases in old Persian constructions [PDF]
Introduction The Old Persian language comprises of seven cases, one of which is the accusative case. This case is used in intransitive, transitive, and ditransitive verbs.
Sahar Vahdati Hosseinian +3 more
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Abstract This paper presents the results of a corpus study on the Wycliffe Bible and the King James Bible, examining the distribution of the pronouns who(m)/which and the complementiser that in relative clauses with a personal referent. The data indicate that the decisive factor in both periods was the function of the gap (subject vs.
Julia Bacskai‐Atkari
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Ditransitive constructions in Ainu
This paper shows that there are two ditransitive alignment types in Ainu, viz. a frequently-used double-object construction (DOC) and infrequently-used indirective object construction (IOC).
Anna Bugaeva
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Analisi comparativa del doppio accusativo latino
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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Obsolescence and abortive innovations in variationist approaches to language change
Abstract The focus of most variationist studies of linguistic change to date has been the emergence and increase of new forms. The opposing process—obsolescence, or the decline and loss of older variants—is less well understood. Addressing several calls for more attention to be paid to obsolescence and its properties, this article surveys case studies ...
Marisa Brook
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Passivization of English ditransitive verbs
The present thesis will attempt to describe ditransitive verbs and their passivization. Ditransitive verbs require complementation by an indirect object and a direct object.
Herrmannová, Tereza
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Fluidity in argument indexing in Komnzo
This article addresses the verb morphology of Komnzo, a language of Southern New Guinea. It provides a description of verb indexing in Section 1, which is followed by a corpus analysis of a small class of verbs.
Döhler Christian
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