Dative sickness: A phylogenetic analysis of argument structure evolution in Germanic
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DOI: 10.1353/lan.2017.0012
Abstract: Abstract: A major argument against the feasibility of reconstructing syntax for proto-stages is the widely discussed lack of directionality of syntactic change. In a recent typology of changes in argument structure constructions based on Germanic… read more here.
Keywords: sickness; dative sickness; argument structure; analysis ... See more keywords