In:The Ditransitive Alternation in Present-Day German: A corpus-based analysis
Hilde De Vaere
[Studies in Germanic Linguistics 6] 2023
► pp. vii–ix
Published online: 7 June 2023
https://doi.org/10.1075/sigl.6.toc
https://doi.org/10.1075/sigl.6.toc
Table of contents
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
List of tables
List of figures
Introduction
Chapter 1.Research questions and research context
1.1Research questions
1.2Previous research
1.2.1Starke, Matzel, Wegener
1.2.2Valency Theory and valency dictionaries
1.2.3The Construction Grammar Approach
1.2.4The Verb Sensitive Approach
1.2.5The Probabilistic Approach
1.2.6Integrative approaches
Chapter 2.Theoretical prerequisites
2.1Preliminary typological clarifications
2.2The locus of the alternation
2.3Diathesis
2.4Ditransitivity and the Ditransitivity Hierarchy
2.5Construction – allostruction – constructeme
2.6Constituent order
Chapter 3.The Three-Layer Approach
Chapter 4.Methodology
4.1Data collection
4.1.1Characteristics and limitations of the corpus
4.1.2Selection of verbs
4.1.3Data retrieval
4.2Data annotation
4.3Statistical modelling
Chapter 5.Case studies
5.1Geben
5.1.1Corpus distribution of the alternation
5.1.2Constituent order
5.1.3Statistical analysis
5.2Schicken and senden
5.2.1Corpus distribution of the alternation
5.2.2Constituent order
5.2.3Statistical analysis
5.2.4IOC vs. an-POC vs. zu-POC
5.3The complex verbs
5.3.1Occurrence of the alternation compared to the noncomplex
verbs
5.3.2Complex -geben verbs
5.3.3Complex -schicken and -senden
verbs
5.3.4Ausleihen, verleihen and
verkaufen
Chapter 6.Discussion
6.1Motivating factors
6.2The scope of the constructional variation
6.2.1The occurrence of the IOC/POC alternation with
geben
6.2.2The occurrence and extent of the IOC/POC alternation with
schicken and senden
6.2.3The occurrence of the IOC/POC alternation with complex verbs
6.3Theoretical implications
6.4Further research
Chapter 7.Summary and conclusions
References
Appendices
Statistical models
A.The geben model of 05/03/2020
B.The schicken/senden model of 10/03/2020
C.The complex geben model of 10/03/2020
D.The complex schicken/senden model of
11/03/2020
E.The ausleihen, verleihen, verkaufen model of
11/03/2020
Additional examples
Subject index
Author index
