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„This book is a valuable achievement, and should be a starting point for anyone seeking to understand the syntax of distransitives.“Cedric Boeckx in: Journal of Linguistics 40/2004 „This book is a well written, easy to follow analysis of direct-object constructions across a multitute of languages.“Michael Anderson in: Linguist List 16.956
The book investigates the nature and properties of indirect objects and develops a typology of double object constructions on the basis of an examination of a variety of data within and across languages. It argues for a four-class division of double object constructions depending on (a) a type of case on the goal argument and (b) whether the goal is introduced by a zero applicative head or is an argument of the main verb. The central questions addressed revolve around locality, case and the structural representation of double object constructions.