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Datives and other cases : between argument structure and event structure /

This volume provides a state-of-the-art account of research into datives and other morphological cases. The contributors, among them leading scholars in the field, present fresh insights into traditional issues such as the dichotomy between lexical and structural case, and open up fascinating new ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Hole, Daniel P., 1969-, Abraham, Werner, Meinunger, André
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, ©2006.
Series:Studies in language companion series ; v. 75.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Datives and Other Cases; Editorial Page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Introduction; Introduction; Focus on Germanic; German inherent datives and argument structure; Remarks on the projection of dative arguments in German; Receiving and perceiving datives (cipients); The datives that aren't born equal; The interpretation of German datives and English have; Dative and indirect object in German dialects; Indirect objects and dative case in monolingual German and bilingual German/Romance language acquisition; Beyond Germanic; Unaccusatives with dative causers and experiencers.