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Re: Ditransitivity

From:Adam Walker <carrajena@...>
Date:Sunday, December 14, 2003, 3:40
--- Estel Telcontar <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"? > > Estel >
Well, I've never specifically tried to get rid of DItransitives before, but I did a lang once that had no transitives at all. No objects were possible. All verbs were intransitive. I remember none of the vocabulary at present, but the grammar was rather interesting (to me). To say something like: The man gave the book to the boy. you'd traslate to: man book boy gave was-given recieved. Needless to say passive verbs were extreemly important to the language. Adam
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