Explaining the Ditransitive Person-Role Constraint: A usage-based approach

In this paper, I propose a frequency-based explanation of the Ditransitive Person-Role Constraint, a cross-linguistic generalization that can be formulated as follows: “Combinations of bound pronouns with the roles Recipient and Theme are disfavored if the Theme pronoun is first or second person and...

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Главный автор: Martin Haspelmath
Формат: Статья
Язык:English
Опубликовано: University and State Library Düsseldorf 2004-12-01
Серии:Constructions
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Online-ссылка:http://www.constructions-online.de/articles/35