Sorry, we are unable to provide the full text but you may find it at the following locations. In grammar, a ditransitive verb is a verb which takes a subject and two objects which refer to a. Edited by malchukov, andrej haspelmath, martin comrie, bernard. He has edited with anna siewierska a special issue of functions of language on ditransitive constructions, to which he contributed a paper as well 2007. This construction could also be an extension of a reflexive construction. Thus the present volume provides a unique source of information on typological diversity of ditransitive constructions. Ditransitive constructions in a crosslinguistic perspective. The issue of ditransitive constructions has enjoyed increased attention over the. Another important property of english ditransitive constructions is the two syntactic. Ditransitive constructions are syntactic constructions with three arguments, an agent a, a theme t, and a recipient r, which express an event of possessive transfer give, lend, etc. Ditransitive constructions in mansi obugric languages. It is expected that it will be of central interest to all scholars and advanced students of linguistics, especially to those working in the field of language typology and comparative syntax. Anna bugaev a, ditransitive constructions in ainu 4 here ditransitives are conceived of as verbs with a case frame including agent,theme, and recipient participants,in accordance with the above. Prices in represent the retail prices valid in germany unless otherwise indicated.
Moore gur, burkina faso ditransitive constructions, along with a list of verbs which can be classified as. Ditransitive constructions and their alternatives in. Their crosslinguistic study has revealed three major alignment types. Latin verbs with double accusative and their passivization. A comparative handbook andrej malchukov, martin haspelmath, bernard comrie this rich volume explores the crosslinguistic variation in ditransitive constructions, syntactic patterns of givelike verbs taking agent, theme and recipient arguments.
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