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  2. Indirect speech - Wikipedia

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    The indirect speech sentence is then ambiguous since it can be a result of two different direct speech sentences. For example: I can get it for free. OR I could get it for free. He said that he could get it for free. (ambiguity) However, in many Slavic languages, there is no change of tense in indirect speech and so there is no ambiguity.

  3. Wh-movement - Wikipedia

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    In English, wh-movement occurs in subordinate clauses to form an indirect question. While wh-fronting occurs in both direct and indirect questions, there is a key word order difference, [7] as illustrated with the following examples: a. Fred will ask Jill to leave. b. Whom will Fred ask to leave? – Direct question c. I wonder whom Fred will ...

  4. Ditransitive verb - Wikipedia

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    If the three arguments of a typical ditransitive verb are labeled D (for Donor; the subject of a verb like "to give" in English), T (for Theme; normally the direct object of ditransitive verb in English) and R (for Recipient, normally the indirect object in English), these can be aligned with the Agent and Patient of monotransitive verbs and ...

  5. Grammatical relation - Wikipedia

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    The subject is the agent Marge in the first sentence and the patient The coffee table in the second sentence. The direct object is the patient the coffee table in the first sentence, and there is no direct object in the second sentence. The situation is similar with the ergative verb sunk/sink in the second pair of

  6. Direct–inverse alignment - Wikipedia

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    The definition of a direct–inverse language is a matter under research in linguistic typology, but it is widely understood to involve different grammar for transitive predications according to the relative positions of their "subject" and their "object" on a person hierarchy, which, in turn, is some combination of saliency and animacy specific to a given language.

  7. Voice (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    Internal indirect passive sentence: [Paul ga [George ga Paul o wagamama dato hinansuru] are ta] (These example is adapted from Toyota (2011). [31] In these examples we can see that the passive morpheme -(r)are is outside of the embedded sentence which shows that -(r)are is part of the underlying structure for both direct and indirect passives.

  8. Dative case - Wikipedia

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    In English, the first sentence can be rendered as "I sent the book to the man" and as "I sent the man the book", where the indirect object is identified in English by standing in front of the direct object. The normal word order in German is to put the dative in front of the accusative (as in the example above).

  9. Sequence of tenses - Wikipedia

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    In Latin, the sequence of tenses rule affects dependent verbs in the subjunctive mood, mainly in indirect questions, indirect commands, and purpose clauses. [4] If the main verb is in one of the non-past tenses, the subordinate verb is usually in the present or perfect subjunctive (primary sequence); if the main verb is in one of the past tenses, the subordinate verb is usually in the ...

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