Dative verbs: A crosslinguistic perspective

Levin, Beth

doi:10.1075/li.31.2.12lev

Article published In: 25th Lexis and Grammar Conference
Edited by Ignazio Mauro Mirto
[Lingvisticæ Investigationes 31:2] 2008
► pp. 285–312

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Dative verbs

A crosslinguistic perspective

Beth Levin | Stanford University

Published online: 15 December 2008

https://doi.org/10.1075/li.31.2.12lev

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