Re: quadrivalent verb

See
< http://www.reference-global.com/doi/abs/10.1515/LING.2007.015 >

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Issue: May 2007  Volume 45, Number 3
A typology of tritransitives: alignment types and motivations
Seppo Kittilä  University of Helsinki.
kittila@mappi.helsinki.fi
Correspondence address:
Seppo Kittilä,
Dept of Linguistics, P.O. Box 9, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
Citation Information. Linguistics. Volume 45, Issue 3, Pages 453–508, ISSN
(Online) 1613-396X, ISSN (Print) 0024-3949, DOI: 10.1515/LING.2007.015,
May 2007
Publication History: Received: 16/11/2004; revised: 24/07/2006; published
online: 23/05/2007
Abstract
The present article discusses the syntax and semantics of tritransitive
constructions. The label comprises constructions like "a physiotherapist made
the phonetician give a book to the bassoon player" and "a phonetician gave a
book to the bassoon player for the physiotherapist" and their equivalents in
the languages of the world. The article proposes a formal typology, which is
based on the formal similarities and differences in the Recipient and
Beneficiary/ Causee coding in ditransitive and tritransitive clauses. Four types
are distinguished, all of which are illustrated by crosslinguistic data. The
arguments either receive distinct formal treatment irrespective of clause type,
or the differences may be confined to tritransitives (they may also be marked
alike). Moreover, the attested differences can be divided into subtypes based
on whether the relevant arguments bear marking not attested outside
tritransitives, or whether their formal treatment is different in more general
terms. In addition to the formal typology, the article also discusses the
rationale behind the attested tritransitive types. The key feature here is
Ambiguity Avoidance, which is compared to Case Hierarchy (see, e.g., Comrie
1975).


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