Syntactic Productivity
Syntactic Productivity
Syntactic Productivity
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Constructional Choices<br />
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(4) … faxa þessu bréfi á … CAUSED-MOTION CONSTRUCTION<br />
fax this.DAT letter.DAT on SUBJ+VERB+OBJ DAT<br />
PP DIR<br />
‘… faxed this letter to …’<br />
(5) ... e-maila þér munstrið … DITRANSITIVE CONSTRUCTION<br />
email you.DAT pattern-the.ACC SUBJ+VERB+OBJ DAT<br />
+OBJ ACC<br />
‘... email you the pattern …’<br />
(6) … sms-a mér svefntöflu. DITRANSITIVE CONSTRUCTION<br />
text me.DAT sleeping-pill.ACC SUBJ+VERB+OBJ DAT<br />
+OBJ ACC<br />
‘... text me a sleeping pill.’<br />
Bergen Jóhanna Barðdal June 5, 2008