Ditransitive and Dative Constructions in English and Thai Languages

Extraction of English Ditransitive Constructions

This paper proposes a method to extract constructions in a formal and mathematically rigid way using the technique of formal concept analysis (FCA). Looking at lemmas of core components of constructions as objects and semantic frames of the construction instances as attributes, in terms of the FCA, a complete lattice that represents the network structure of constructions can be obtained. We con...

Dative Constructions in Chinese

There are three dative constructions in Chinese. A verb may be present in just one, in two, or in all three constructions. A pattern can be captured in the constructional approach. While the constructions all carry a sense of transfer, they differ in terms of range of transfer and argument role of the dative object or the gei object. The constructional view also provides an account of the patte...

Between shifts and alternations: ditransitive constructions

In this paper I present two classes of double object constructions in Modern Greek, i.e., the genitive, as well as the double accusative, ditransitive constructions. I show that these two classes differ from one another in that not both of them permit derivational processes such as the formation of adjectival passives. I also look at the case properties associated with the verbs which head Mode...

persian true and false cognates in english: students and teachers’ attitudes, awareness, and instruction

the ability to speak two languages in the world is a remarkable achievement. there is a good reason to believe that bilingualism is the norm for the majority of people in the world because 70% of the earth’s population are supposed to be bilingual or multilingual. various investigations have shown that the native language impacts foreign word recognition, and this influence is adapted by the de...

Ditransitive constructions: a typological overview