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Re: Ditransitivity

From:Tristan McLeay <zsau@...>
Date:Saturday, December 13, 2003, 2:45
On Fri, 12 Dec 2003, Estel Telcontar wrote:

> For my all-verb language, I'm trying to figure out what to do with > ditransitives like "give". Basically, I see two options: either do > away with ditransitives, or add verbal indirect-object marking and a > dative case. > > Does anyone know if there is a way to get rid of ditransitives? Id you > don't want to have indirect objects, how can you deal with concepts > like "give"?
Some construction like (and I apologise for non-verbs, I'm sure you can covert): I give a book and John receives it. for: I give a book to John. And then the derivation of your language that someone makes that turns it into an IE-style lang converts 'receives it' into the dative marker :) -- Tristan