linguistics, dative shift refers to a pattern in which the subcategorization of a verb can take on two alternating forms, the oblique dative form or the...

The dative construction is a grammatical way of constructing a sentence using the dative case. A sentence is also said to be in dative construction if...

languages, the two are realized identically. A similar construction known as dative shift, though different from true applicatives, occurs in other languages....

either singular or plural verb forms depending on context and the metonymic shift that it implies, while in some other forms of English the verb agreement...

instrumental case were taken over by the dative, so that the Greek dative has functions belonging to the Proto-Indo-European dative, instrumental, and locative. This...

that have case systems, objects are marked by certain cases (accusative, dative, genitive, instrumental, etc.). Languages vary significantly with respect...

as the subject in this sentence. Certain verbs in German also require a dative or accusative object instead of a nominative subject, e.g. Mir me-DAT graut...

these sentences to be written with a preposition (to or for): (See also Dative shift) He gave ten dollars to Mary. He passed the ball to Paul. Jean read the...

such as the same form for passive and reflexive. Anticausative verb Dative shift Deponent verb Description Diathesis alternation English passive voice...

is then used for the oblique case, which covers the roles of accusative, dative and objects of a preposition. The genitive case is then usually called the...