Syntactic and Semantic Implications of Double Object Constructions and Dative Constructions
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This study aims to explain the dative alternation of Dative Constructions (DC) and the semantic properties of Double Object Constructions (DOC) through semantic extension of construction grammar. This study demonstrates that problematic verbs such as bring, kick, rob, steal, and hand should not be explained only by semantic observations. The dative meaning of ‘transfer’ allows these verbs to be used in DOC, which is normally restricted to Germanic or native English constructions, while DC consists primarily of Latin constructions and blocks many native verbs. In this vein, the results suggest that verbs of refusal, which appear in the double object construction through the relation of negation, and verbs lexicalizing the means of transfer, which invariably appear in the ditransitive construction, trigger the dative alternation as well as the integration of verbs and constructions.
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This study aims to explain the dative alternation of Dative Constructions (DC) and the semantic properties of Double Object Constructions (DOC) through semantic extension of construction grammar. This study demonstrates that problematic verbs such as bring, kick, rob, steal, and hand should not be explained only by semantic observations. The dative meaning of ‘transfer’ allows these verbs to be used in DOC, which is normally restricted to Germanic or native English constructions, while DC consists primarily of Latin constructions and blocks many native verbs. In this vein, the results suggest that verbs of refusal, which appear in the double object construction through the relation of negation, and verbs lexicalizing the means of transfer, which invariably appear in the ditransitive construction, trigger the dative alternation as well as the integration of verbs and constructions.
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