Ditransitives in Germanic languages synchronic and diachronic aspects

"This volume brings together twelve empirical studies on ditransitive constructions in Germanic languages and their varieties, past and present. Specifically, the volume includes contributions on a wide variety of Germanic languages, including English, Dutch, and German, but also Danish, Swedis...

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Weitere Verfasser: Zehentner, Eva (HerausgeberIn), Röthlisberger, Melanie (HerausgeberIn), Colleman, Timothy (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam, Philadelphia John Benjamins Publishing Company 2023
Schriftenreihe:Studies in Germanic linguistics volume 7
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Zusammenfassung:"This volume brings together twelve empirical studies on ditransitive constructions in Germanic languages and their varieties, past and present. Specifically, the volume includes contributions on a wide variety of Germanic languages, including English, Dutch, and German, but also Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian, as well as lesser-studied ones such as Faroese. While the first part of the volume focuses on diachronic aspects, the second part showcases a variety of synchronic aspects relating to ditransitive patterns. Methodologically, the volume covers both experimental and corpus-based studies. Questions addressed by the papers in the volume are, among others, issues like the cross-linguistic pervasiveness and cognitive reality of factors involved in the choice between different ditransitive constructions, or differences and similarities in the diachronic development of ditransitives. The volume's broad scope and comparative perspective offers comprehensive insights into well-known phenomena and furthers our understanding of variation across languages of the same family"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:VI, 446 Seiten
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ISBN:9789027213914
978-90-272-1391-4