This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This study investigates the role of probabilistic grammatical constraints on the dative alternation in English as a second language (ESL). It ...
A recent series of articles by Mazurkewich (1984a; 1984b; 1985) has suggested that the English dative alternation is acquired by L2 speakers in the sequence: [__ NP PP] → [_ NP NP]. This order of ...
If dual-case prepositions describe movement from one place to another, they are followed by the accusative case. Otherwise, they take the dative. Ich stecke die Schuhe unter das Bett. – I put the ...