The Locative Alternation in German: Its structure and acquisition
Ursula Brinkmann
This monograph deals with the locative alternation in German, a change in the argument structure of verbs like spray and load. Like most argument structure changes, the alternation is both productive and constrained: new forms may be derived, but not from all candidate verbs. This raises a… read more[Language Acquisition and Language Disorders, 15] 1997. x, 289 pp.