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  2. 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 ...

  3. Transitive verb - Wikipedia

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    Transitive verbs can be classified by the number of objects they require. Verbs that entail only two arguments, a subject and a single direct object, are monotransitive. Verbs that entail two objects, a direct object and an indirect object, are ditransitive, [2] or less commonly bitransitive. [3]

  4. Object (grammar) - Wikipedia

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    Transitive verbs Number of objects Examples Monotransitive: One object: I fed the dog. Ditransitive: Two objects: You lent me a lawnmower. Tritransitive: Three objects: I'll trade you this bicycle for your binoculars. [12] Intransitive verbs Semantic role of subject Examples Unaccusative: Patient: The man stumbled twice, The roof collapsed ...

  5. Morphosyntactic alignment - Wikipedia

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    gizona -∅ the.man - ABS S etorri da has arrived VERB intrans gizona -∅ {etorri da} the.man -ABS {has arrived} S VERB intrans 'The man has arrived.' Gizonak mutila ikusi du. gizona -k the.man - ERG A mutila -∅ boy - ABS O ikusi du saw VERB trans gizona -k mutila -∅ {ikusi du} the.man -ERG boy -ABS saw A O VERB trans 'The man saw the boy.' In Basque, gizona is "the man" and mutila is ...

  6. Tripartite alignment - Wikipedia

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    In linguistic typology, tripartite alignment is a type of morphosyntactic alignment in which the main argument ('subject') of an intransitive verb, the agent argument ('subject') of a transitive verb, and the patient argument ('direct object') of a transitive verb are each treated distinctly in the grammatical system of a language. [1]

  7. Polypersonal agreement - Wikipedia

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    Basque is a language isolate with a polypersonal verbal system comprising two sub-types of verbs, synthetic and analytical. The following three cases are cross-referenced on the verb: the absolutive (the case for the subject of intransitive verbs and the direct objects of transitive verbs), the ergative (the case for the subject of transitive verbs), and the dative (the case for the indirect ...

  8. American and British English grammatical differences

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    provide: Strictly monotransitive in BrE, monotransitive or ditransitive in AmE (provide somebody with something/provide somebody something). protest: In sense "oppose", intransitive in BrE, transitive in AmE (The workers protested against the decision/The workers protested the decision).

  9. Talk:Ditransitive verb - Wikipedia

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    Some other languages mark their verbs for valency, i.e. to make a transitive verb intransitive or vice versa you add a prefix or suffix or whatever; I'm not sure how/whether those languages treat ditransitive verbs differently from monotransitive verbs. --Jim Henry 22:53, 12 September 2008 (UTC)

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