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Re: Sidaan Verbal System

From:Jefferson Wilson <jeffwilson63@...>
Date:Wednesday, December 21, 2005, 5:05
Thomas Hart Chappell wrote:

> Transitive verbs with beneficiaries usually have human beneficiaries, or if > not, then animate beneficiaries, even when the direct object is not human > or even not animate. > Similarly, ditransitive verbs usually have human indirect objects, or at > least animate indirect objects, even when the direct object is not human, > or even not animate.
What is the difference between a beneficiary and an indirect object? -- Jefferson http://www.picotech.net/~jeff_wilson63/rpg/

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