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Grammatical relations in Ikalanga
Studies in African Linguistics, 2006 Although facts about grammatical relations in many Bantu languages have been established since the early 1970s, there are still languages in this family which have not benefited from such studies. One of these is Ikalanga, spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe.
Joyce T. Mathangwane, E. Kweku Osam
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The abscence of the linker in double object constructions in Nuu
Studies in African Linguistics, 2004 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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Simple vs. complex transitive constructions in the acquisition of English structures
Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación, 2021 This study examines the acquisition of English simple monotransitive and complex dative alternation (DA) structures (double object constructions (DOC) and to/for-datives) in the longitudinal spontaneous production of monolingual children.
Silvia Sánchez Calderón
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“GIVING SOMEONE FREEDOM” IN OLD ICELANDIC IN MINIMALIST SYNTACTIC TERMS [PDF]
Езиков свят, 2023 The present paper discusses the word order alternatives attested with OIce double object constructions of the type gefa einhverjum frelsi ‘give someone freedom’ found in the ONP (https://onp.ku.dk/onp/onp.php) within a largely Minimalist syntactic ...
Yana Chankova
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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 +2 more
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Licensing and anaphora in Tenyidie
Glossa, 2022 Tenyidie shows a typologically unusual pattern of φ-covarying agreement with anaphors, but not other arguments. We argue that this apparent agreement actually reveals the nature of anaphoric binding in the language, which involves an Agree relation ...
Andrew Murphy, Savio Meyase
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Corela, 2011 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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Atlantis, 2020 This study examines the acquisition of dative alternation (DA), namely, prepositional structures and double object constructions (DOCs), in English and Spanish.
Silvia Sánchez Calderón
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The low periphery of double object constructions in English and Spanish
Philologia Hispalensis, 2009 In this paper I will explore the possibility that double object con- structions (DOCs) project a low periphery with specific dedicated categories for focus and topics.
Ángel Jiménez Fernández
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Latin verbs with double accusative and their passivization
Pallas, 2016 The goal of this paper is to re-examine the behaviour of Latin verbs taking double accusative from the perspective of functional-typological research on the so-called “ditransitive constructions”.
Maria Napoli
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