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Dative case in Old English
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This chapter provides an overview of the uses of dative case in constructions other than dative external possessors, such as ‘ethical’ datives and dative objects of transitive and ditransitive verbs. Constructions traditionally analysed as ‘impersonal’ as well as constructions with copulas that use dative case present particular challenges of analysis, as do the dative complements of adjectives and nouns. While this study focuses on attributive possession, the use of dative case in predicative discussion is discussed in this chapter. In addition to delimiting the scope of the present investigation, the chapter provides background for the discussion in Chapter 7 of the relationship between the loss of functions of the dative case generally and the loss of dative external possessors in Middle English.
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Allen, C. L. (2019). Dative case in Old English. Oxford University Press eBooks, 25–44. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198832263.003.0002
Allen, Cynthia L. “Dative case in Old English.” Oxford University Press eBooks, 2019, pp. 25–44, https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198832263.003.0002.
Allen, Cynthia L. 2019. “Dative case in Old English.” Oxford University Press eBooks: 25–44. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198832263.003.0002.
Allen, C.L. (2019) ‘Dative case in Old English’, Oxford University Press eBooks, pp. 25–44. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198832263.003.0002.
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