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Project

A corpus-based investigation of the dative alternation with TRANSFER verbs in the history of New High German (1650 until present)
Code
01D01117
Duration
01 November 2017 → 31 December 2022
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Humanities and the arts
    • Linguistics not elsewhere classified
    • Theory and methodology of linguistics not elsewhere classified
    • Theory and methodology of literary studies not elsewhere classified
    • Other languages and literary studies not elsewhere classified
Keywords
linguistics German historical corpus-based research dative alternation (alternating constructions) ditransitive transfer verbs
 
Project description
 

This project explores the motivations behind the alternation between the Dative Construction (e.g. Sie sendet dir einen Brief) and the Prepositional Construction (e.g. Er sendet den Aufsatz an den Herausgeber) with ditransitive TRANSFERverbs (geben, senden, schicken etc.) in the history of ‘New High German’ (ca. 1650 until present). The focus is on (i) the changing frequencies and forms of the alternation and on (ii) the role of different factors that correlate with the alternation.