The English Dative Alternation

Comparison of the HAVE-GOAL approach of Krifka and the verb-sensitive approach of Rappaport Hovav and Levin

Nonfiction, Entertainment, Drama, Anthologies
Cover of the book The English Dative Alternation by Susa Schnuck, GRIN Verlag
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Susa Schnuck ISBN: 9783656916352
Publisher: GRIN Verlag Publication: March 10, 2015
Imprint: GRIN Verlag Language: English
Author: Susa Schnuck
ISBN: 9783656916352
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Publication: March 10, 2015
Imprint: GRIN Verlag
Language: English

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Anglistik), course: Dative Alternation, language: English, abstract: Would you say you '...gave a stranger your phone number' or does '...gave your phone number to a stranger' sound better? In essence, this termpaper is trying to analyse this question. The grammatical phenomenon underlying which decribes those two constructions - the double object dative [a stranger] [your phone number] and the prepositional object dative [your phone number] [to a stranger] - is the so-called dative alternation. The term dative alternation has the ability to express the same event of giving with two specific structures, as shown above. The following paper will focus on the approaches of Krifka and Rappaport Hovav and Levin. At first, a definition of dative alternation will be given. Important facts, examples and a list of verbs, which allow or do not allow dative alternation, will be provided to give an overview of the topic. This term paper will also respond to the differences between the dative alternation and the benefactive alternation and will afterwards compare the two approaches on dative alternation. The main ideas of Krifka's 'Semantic and Pragmatic Conditions for the Dative Alternation' (2003) and Rappaport Hovav's and Levin's 'The English dative alternation: The case for verb sensitivity' (2008) will be presented and compared. Last but not least, I am going to introduce brief thoughts of dative alternation in the German language and how it is connected to the English dative alternation.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Seminar paper from the year 2014 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Linguistics, grade: 2,0, Humboldt-University of Berlin (Anglistik), course: Dative Alternation, language: English, abstract: Would you say you '...gave a stranger your phone number' or does '...gave your phone number to a stranger' sound better? In essence, this termpaper is trying to analyse this question. The grammatical phenomenon underlying which decribes those two constructions - the double object dative [a stranger] [your phone number] and the prepositional object dative [your phone number] [to a stranger] - is the so-called dative alternation. The term dative alternation has the ability to express the same event of giving with two specific structures, as shown above. The following paper will focus on the approaches of Krifka and Rappaport Hovav and Levin. At first, a definition of dative alternation will be given. Important facts, examples and a list of verbs, which allow or do not allow dative alternation, will be provided to give an overview of the topic. This term paper will also respond to the differences between the dative alternation and the benefactive alternation and will afterwards compare the two approaches on dative alternation. The main ideas of Krifka's 'Semantic and Pragmatic Conditions for the Dative Alternation' (2003) and Rappaport Hovav's and Levin's 'The English dative alternation: The case for verb sensitivity' (2008) will be presented and compared. Last but not least, I am going to introduce brief thoughts of dative alternation in the German language and how it is connected to the English dative alternation.

More books from GRIN Verlag

Cover of the book Internet Suchmaschinen ODP (DMOZ) und FAST (ALLTHEWEB) by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Tertullian als Montanist by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Balanced Scorecard - Strategische und operative Elemente by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Gerontagogik als Teil der Erwachsenenbildung. Otto Friedrich Bollnows Schrift 'Das hohe Alter' by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Die Gerechtigkeit - Voraussetzung für Staaten? by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Feminist Science-Fiction? Gender Aspects in Ursula K. Le Guin's 'The Dispossessed' and Feminist Criticism by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Das Anti-Aggressivitäts-Training by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Bargaining in Israel - How to bargain in Israel as an exchange student by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Unterrichtsskript - Jahresabschlussanalyse und Bilanzpolitik by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Schätzen, Messen, Ordnen. Die Vertreter von Volumen-Größen (Mathematik 4. Klasse Grundschule) by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Die Wahl des funktional richtigen Laufschuhs by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Der 'strafende Richtergott' im Alten Testament - Darstellung und Kritik eines verbreiteten Vorurteils by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Das nackte Leben - Kommentare zum Werk 'Homo Sacer' von Giorgio Agamben by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Ablaufende Blockbuster-Patente als zentrale Herausforderung für die strategische Ausrichtung in Pharmakonzernen by Susa Schnuck
Cover of the book Verlässliche Grundschule by Susa Schnuck
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy