DITRANSITIVES AND THEIR ARGUMENTS IN MODERN ENGLISH
DITRANSITIVES AND THEIR ARGUMENTS IN MODERN ENGLISH
Author(s): Ellie BoyadzhievaSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«
Summary/Abstract: The article tackles the issue of the number and the lexical characteristics of bi-transitive verbs in Modern English. A new interpretation of the argument structure of bi-transitive verbs in Modern English is suggested providing a number of proofs of morphological and syntactic character that support the supposition that the two arguments are direct objects.
Journal: Езиков свят - Orbis Linguarum
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 218-227
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
