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Re: Ditransitivity

From:Peter Bleackley <peter.bleackley@...>
Date:Monday, December 15, 2003, 10:03
Staving Estel Telcontar:
>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"?
For an Yagh Tjalpy Tubvul, an isolating descendent of Khangaþyagon, i have the construction, "I give a book, you receive." Pete