Query Details

Query Subject:	dative shift
Author:	Centro Multimediale Fac. Lingue/ U. di Genova
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Linguistic LingField(s):	Syntax
Subject Language(s):	English Norwegian Bokmål

Query:	I'm doing some cross-linguistic research on dative shift in languages other than English. In particular, I'm interested in languages which do not make use of applicative morphemes. Could anyone speaking a language which allows dative shift answer the following questions? (Please, make some examples for each question or translate my English examples) a. Are all diatransitive verbs dativizable? If they are not, have you got any idea as to how to distinguish dativizable verbs from non dativizable verbs? b. Is the order of the two internal objects in a DOC (Double Object Construction)fixed? Does your language have: c. symmetric passive (=1. and 2. both acceptable)? 1. John was given a watch. 2. ()A watch was given John. d. symmetric wh-movement? 3. What did you give John? 4. Who did you give the watch? e. symmetric Heavy NP Shift? 5. Mary gave to John the most expensive watch she had. 6. Mary gave the book the best pupil in her class. f. symmetric binding? 7. ?John showed each other's friends to Bill and Mary. 8. Jim showed each other's friends Bill and Mary. 9. John showed Mary to herself. 10. *John showed herself to Mary.
LL Issue:	7.1757
Date posted:	11-Dec-1996
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