Double object constructions and 'bill' verbs in English

This thesis empirically tests the two predominant views concerning which object in a DOC is the ‘true’ one by applying Hudson’s (1992) eleven objecthood diagnostics to verbs that pattern like ‘bill’ in a corpus search and a grammatical acceptability survey. Only two tests showed statistically signif...

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Main Authors: Thomas, V, Victoria Thomas
Outros autores: Dalrymple, M
Formato: Thesis
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2012
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