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...

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

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...

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...

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...

Grammatical features Related to nouns Animacy Case Dative construction Dative shift Quirky subject Nominative Comitative Instrumental Classifier Measure...

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...

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...

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

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