Essays about: "dative alternation"

Found 1 essay containing the words dative alternation.

  1. 1. Watch your weight! A corpus-based study of end-weight constructions in the speech of native speakers and Swedish learners of English

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Elias Ottmar; [2015-10-15]
    Keywords : end-weight; information structure; dative alternation; corpus study;

    Abstract : When we engage in conversation, it is necessary to order our speech so that others can understand us. To avoid potentially problematic internal elements, there is a tendency to place heavy clause constituents in sentence-final position. This is known as end-weight. READ MORE