0 the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective that in some languages marks the indirect object of a verb that has two objects
1 having or relating to the case (= form) of a noun, pronoun, or adjective used to show that a word is the indirect object of a verb that has two objects
As a part of this process, all utterances identified as to datives, for datives, or double-object datives were collated.
Most significant is the fact that, as with the dative and genitive constructions, these nominative objects appear (discourse-neutrally) only in preverbal position.
Dative alternation is but one example of a linguistic construct that must be learned over and above image schemas.
This can be seen when the embedded infinitive appears with an overt dative subject.
For instance, bak ('look at', which takes a dative object), can be inflected; its reciprocal can be realized either syntactically or morphologically (8a-b).
The forms with an overt case affix require a nominal which is either genitive or dative, and have the peculiarity that they cannot be stacked.
As hardly any dative forms of the indefinite article occurred, indefinite forms were not included in the analysis.
Differential case marking, split intransitivity, degrees of transitivity, control, impersonal constructions, dative subjects, and psychological verbs are just some of the many topics addressed.
