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French missing object constructions
This paper discusses a class of French à-infinitival constructions, where the missing direct object corresponds to an external argument, either being the antecedent noun in an attributive use, or else a raised argument in a subject or object predication ...
Berthold Crysmann +1 more
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German Passives and English Benefactives
In both English benefactive constructions (John baked Mary a cake) and German kriegen/bekommen-passives (Er kriegte einen Stift geschenkt ‘He got a pen gifted’), the theme argument is accusative-marked but has no way of getting structural accusative case.
Vera Lee-Schoenfeld, Nicholas Twiner
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Double Object Constructions in DSS Hebrew [PDF]
Abstract In this article an overview is given of the verbal valence patterns of the verb נתן in the Dead Sea Scrolls. Four patterns are distinguished for this verb: 1. נתן + OBJECT to produce; 2. + נתן OBJECT + RECIPIENT to give to; 3. נתן + OBJECT + LOCATION to place; 4. נתן + OBJECT + 2ND OBJECT to make into. All occurrences of the
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Are there biological gender differences at the early stages of first language acquisition when producing double object constructions and to/for-datives? [PDF]
Producción CientíficaThis study examines whether biological gender differences appear in the early stages of acquisition in the case of English dative alternation (DA) structures (double object constructions (DOCs) and to/for-datives).
Fernández Fuertes, Raquel +1 more
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The abscence of the linker in double object constructions in Nuu
The linker in Nluu appears before various types of nominal expressions, but not before the second object in a double object construction. Linkers in Khoisan languages such as +Hoan and Jul'hoansi do appear in this position. I will show that this property
Chris Collins
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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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Dative alternation in Indian English: a corpus-based study [PDF]
The dative alternation refers to the alternation between two constructions that denote some type of transfer: the double object construction (I give my sister a book) vs. the to-dative construction (I give a book to my sister).
De Cuypere, Ludovic, Verbeke, Saartje
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The object of this article is to provide a thorough analysis of the little studied kiss goodbye construction (Max kissed his mother goodbye). Its great number of properties follow naturally if we integrate this construction within an articulate theory of
Isabelle Haïk
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What makes you move? A minimalist study of object displacement in English Double Object Construction
The aim of this paper is to analyse the displacement phenomena the direct and indirect objects in the English Double Object Construction (DOC) can undergo. The focus is on the movement out of the DOC to the sentence initial position.
Aleksandra Bartczak-Meszyńska
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Mixed-Precision Sparse Approximate Inverse Preconditioning Algorithm on GPU
In this study, in order to further improve the construction efficiency of sparse approximate inverse (SPAI) preconditioners, we attempt to explore the construction method of SPAI preconditioners in mixed-precision mode from the perspective of single and ...
Xinyue Chu
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