1. May 2020 FP One Comment Universal 156: Posted in Universals Archive Universal 156: Original Overt object marking in the bitransitive clause other than marking identical to instrumental implies overt dative marking. Standardized IF overt marking of an object in the bitransitive clause differs from the marking of instrumental, THEN there is overt dative marking. Keywords direct object, indirect object, transitivity, dative, instrumental Domain inflection, syntax Type implication Status achronic Quality absolute Basis languages surveyed in Blansitt 1988 Source Blansitt 1988: 186 (iii) Counterexamples Previous Post nonesuch 13 Next Post nonesuch 1 FP View more posts One Comment FP 1. Prototypical bitransitive: “a voluntary transfer, not specifically involving exchange, intermediary, or motion.” The recipient in the prototypic bitransitive is the prototypical dative. In English, the prototypical bitransitive verb is give. 1. May 2020 Comments are closed.
FP 1. Prototypical bitransitive: “a voluntary transfer, not specifically involving exchange, intermediary, or motion.” The recipient in the prototypic bitransitive is the prototypical dative. In English, the prototypical bitransitive verb is give. 1. May 2020
1. Prototypical bitransitive: “a voluntary transfer, not specifically involving exchange, intermediary, or motion.” The recipient in the prototypic bitransitive is the prototypical dative. In English, the prototypical bitransitive verb is give.