Transfer at the level of argument structure or morphology: a comparative study of English and Persian unaccusative and unergative verbs
Transitivity alternation refers to the causative/inchoative alternation of some unaccusative verbs. Different languages use different patterns to show transitivity alternation morphologically. While some languages like English use zero or no overt lexical marking, other languages (e.g. Spanish, Turk...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra
2016-06-01
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| Series: | Topics in Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/topling-2016-0008 |