Re: Ditransitivity
| From: | Tristan McLeay <zsau@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, December 13, 2003, 2:45 |
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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 :)
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Tristan