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Double object constructions: active verbs

Nordic Atlas of Language Structures Journal, 2017
In the ScanDiaSyn­survey, certain aspects of double object constructions were investigated. For double object verbs in the active diathesis, the focus was on non­selected or "free" indirect objects. More specifically, the question focused on was to which extent non­prototypical ditransitive verbs can take a recipient arguments realized as noun phrases ...
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A Bi-Polar Theory of Nominal and Clause Structure and Function [PDF]

, 2004
It is taken as axiomatic that grammar encodes meaning. Two key dimensions of meaning that get grammatically encoded are referential meaning and relational meaning.
Ball, Dr. Jerry T.
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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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Intonational effects on English scopally-ambiguous sentences

Ilha do Desterro, 2020
This paper examines the effect of intonation contour on two types of scopally ambiguous constructions in English: configurations with a universal quantifier in subject position and sentential negation (e.g., Every horse didn’t jump) and configurations ...
Mien-Jen Wu, Tania Ionin
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Recording and explaining : exploring the German ditransitive alternation [PDF]

, 2019
In this discussion note, we offer some thoughts on the relation between explanation and the extensive recording of data from a ‘moderate’ functional point of view.
De Cuypere, Ludovic, De Vaere, Hilde, Willems, Klaas   +2 more
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Stative sentences in Japanese and the role of the nominative marker "ga" : a thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Japanese at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand [PDF]

, 2000
The Japanese nominative particle ga is normally associated with the marking of subjects. However, there are several constructions involving stative predicates, where it has been claimed, notably by those working within a generative framework, that a ga ...
Halliday, George Charles
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Polynomial functors and polynomial monads

, 2009
We study polynomial functors over locally cartesian closed categories. After setting up the basic theory, we show how polynomial functors assemble into a double category, in fact a framed bicategory.
Gambino, Nicola, Kock, Joachim
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The double object construction in Romance

Anuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 1995
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The Spec-head vs head-Spec asymmetry: Toward a theory of postsyntactic linearization and an account of the embeddedtopicalization paradox

Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics, 2014
This paper is a preliminary exploration of how English specifiers and heads are linearized at the PF interface. In particular, it argues that linearization may reflect underlying grammatical relationships of agreement and selection.
de Vos, Mark
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What secondary predicates in russian tell us about the link between tense, aspect and case [PDF]

, 2013
In this paper I show that the different case marking possibilities on predicate adjectives in depictive secondary predicates in Russian constitute the uninterpretable counterpart of the interpretable tense and aspect features of the adjective.
Richardson, Kylie
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