Some Systematic Differences Between the Dutch, French, and English Transitive Construction.

van Voorst, Jan

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Publication Date: 1996

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Some Systematic Differences Between the Dutch, French, and English Transitive Construction.

van Voorst, Jan

Language Sciences, v18 n1-2 p227-45 Jan-Apr 1996

Presents a comparative semantic analysis of English, French, and Dutch transitive constructions that takes into account the entity that sets the event in motion, the object it affects, and the process that links both. (18 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Dutch, English, French, Nouns, Phrase Structure, Semantics, Sentence Structure, Structural Grammar, Uncommonly Taught Languages, Verbs

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