dative shift
Meanings
noun
- Relocation of the indirect object of a ditransitive verb from a prepositional phrase to a core argument or vice versa.
- Of a language, dialect, or specific verb, a feature where indirect objects can be given not only in prepositional phrases, but alternatively as core arguments.
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