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inalienability in combination with distinct types of raised possessor construction are used<br />

to accomplish the same morphosyntactic function.<br />

Den Dikken has noted that the element that corresponds to the particle in English<br />

particle-verb constructions seems to be represented by verbal affixes in other, more<br />

highly synthetic languages. He offers several examples in which an applicative use of an<br />

affix that attaches to the verb can be contrasted with a causative use of the same<br />

morpheme.<br />

(92) Dutch applicative in ver- (Den Dikken 1995, 229)<br />

a. Jan stuurde uitnodigingen voor het feest aan zijn vrienden.<br />

Jan sent invitations for the party to his friends.<br />

b. Jan verstuurde zijn vrienden uitnodigingen voor het feest.<br />

Jan VERsent his friends invitations for the party.<br />

(93) Dutch causative in ver- (Den Dikken 1995, 229)<br />

a. Jan maakte zijn positie op de arbeidsmarkt beter.<br />

Jan made his position on the job market better.<br />

b. Jan verbeterde zijn positie op de arbeidsmarkt.<br />

Jan VERbettered his position on the job market.<br />

Thus the (high) applicative in Dutch forms both an applicative construction in which the<br />

underlying prepositional phrase (“aan zijn vrienden” in [92a]) can be moved into direct<br />

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