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The development of and factors influencing double object construction preference of the ditransitive verbs envy and forgive

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Hlaváčková V., Brůhová G.
Linguistica Pragensia
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2022
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vol. 32
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issue 2
198-213
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The paper investigates the double object constructions, viz. SVOi Od and SVOOprep clause patterns, of the ditransitive verbs envy and forgive. The syntactic and semantic specificity of the two verbs in question may indicate a possible future extinction of their ditransitive use. The present study aims to provide an extensive quantitative and qualitative analysis of the double object construction preference from both the diachronic and synchronic perspectives. Using a corpus sample of American English (COHA), the data reveal a complex situation. While the double object constructions with envy prefer the indirect object clause pattern, there is a notable tendency of such constructions to gradually decline in frequency and give rise to the prepositional pattern. Forgive shows preference for the SVOOprep pattern. Nevertheless, it is the form of the objects that seems to play a significant role in the double object construction preference.
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Syntactic Change and the Rise of Transitivity: The Case of the Polish and Ukrainian -no/-to Construction

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Lavine J. E.
Studies in Polish Linguistics
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2017
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vol. 12
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issue 3
173-198
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Artykuł przedstawia analizę różnic w rozwoju form predykatów z wykładnikami strony biernej w rodzaju nijakim -no/-to w języku polskim i ukraińskim. Przybranie cech tranzytywnych przez te formy czasownikowe łączy się tu ze zmianami w obrębie morfologii strony gramatycznej w obu językach. Pomimo powierzchniowych podobieństw różnice w dystrybucji konstrukcji z czasownikami zakończonymi na -no/-to we współczesnym języku polskim i ukraińskim wskazują, że gramatykalizacja morfemu strony biernej przebiegła według różnych scenariuszy w obu językach, implikujących zróżnicowanie w strukturze frazy czasownikowej vP, a także powstanie nowych możliwości przypisania cechy biernika.
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This paper analyzes the historical divergence of predicates marked with old passive neuter -no/-to in Polish and Ukrainian. It is argued that the locus of change leading to the rise of the transitivity property involved a rearrangement of morphologically-eroded voice morphology. Despite the surface similarity of the Polish and Ukrainian constructions, their divergent distribution in the modern languages indicates that grammaticalization of the old passive morpheme proceeded along different pathways, implicating the internal structure of vP, and creating new accusative case-assigning possibilities. 
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