The Syntax of Ditransitives: Evidence from Clitics

The Syntax of Ditransitives: Evidence from Clitics
ISBN-10
3110170280
ISBN-13
9783110170283
Category
Generative grammar
Pages
398
Language
English
Published
2003
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Author
Elena Anagnostopoulou

Description

The book investigates the nature and properties of indirect objects and develops a typology of double object constructions on the basis of an examination of a variety of data within and across languages. It argues for a four-class division of double object constructions depending on (a) a type of case on the goal argument and (b) whether the goal is introduced by a zero applicative head or is an argument of the main verb. The central questions addressed revolve around locality, case and the structural representation of double object constructions.

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