External arguments in transitivity alternations: A layering approach by Artemis Alexiadou, Elena Anagnostopoulou, and Florian Schäfer

Language ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 92 (2) ◽  
pp. 471-474
Author(s):  
Malka Rappaport Hovav
Keyword(s):  
Transitivity Alternations

On the Lexical Distribution of Agent-preserving and Object-preserving Transitivity Alternations

1994 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 141-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantin I. Kazenin
Keyword(s):  
Transitivity Alternations

This article gives a cognitively based account of polysemous transitivity alternations, which are Agent-preserving with some verbs and Object-preserving with others. The data from three languages – Asiatic Eskimo, Boumaa Fijian and Bambara – are presented. It is argued that the mechanism of the distribution of the meanings of these TAs is semantic in nature and does not depend upon the coding technique used by a language.

External Arguments in Transitivity Alternations

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artemis Alexiadou ◽  
Elena Anagnostopoulou ◽  
Florian Schäfer
Keyword(s):  
Transitivity Alternations

scholarly journals Double object constructions and dative / accusative alternations in Spanish and Catalan: A unified account

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Pineda
Keyword(s):  
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Double Object ◽  
Clitic Doubling ◽  
Indirect Object ◽  
Dative Alternation ◽  
Transitivity Alternations ◽  
Object Marking ◽  
Ditransitive Constructions

<span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;" lang="EN-US">This paper has a twofold aim: to present a unified analysis of ditransitive constructions and transitivity alternations (dative/accusative alternations) in Spanish. As for the first phenomenon, and more concretely the purported existence in Spanish of something comparable to the English dative alternation, we will show the weaknesses of what we consider an analysis fruit of the tendency consisting of finding in the Romance area an exact reflex of English facts. Therefore, we will refute the hypothesis defended by several authors (Masullo 1992, Demonte 1995, Romero 1997, Cuervo 2003a,b) according to which Spanish ditransitive constructions with dative clitic doubling correspond to double object constructions (DOC), whereas non-doubled constructions correspond to the so-called prepositional constructions (PC), or <em>to-</em>dative, in English. After a careful and exhaustive examination of the data, we will argue that Spanish (and Catalan) ditransitive constructions instantiate DOC, whether they bear clitic doubling or not. &nbsp;Pronominalization facts in Catalan, a language which preserves prepositional clitics, will support this analysis, based on the postulation of an affectedness/possession restriction with gradual implementation. As for the second phenomenon of study, the existence of true case alternations in Spanish, we will argue that we are dealing with a kind of variation constrained by the same restriction (or a version of it) which acts in the realm of ditransitive predicates. Here, also, Catalan data will reveal crucial for our analysis. Crucially, we will show that what lies behind Spanish and Catalan dative/accusative alternation is an instance of Differential Indirect Object Marking (DIOM</span>

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