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Linguipedia (talk | contribs) (New page: The '''dative case''' is a case that prototypically marks the recipient of ditransitive verbs of transfer such as 'give'. ===Polysemy=== *dative (semantic role) *[[dative ...) |
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The term ''dative'' goes back to antiquity. It is derived from Latin ''(cāsus) datīvus'' 'case of giving' (cf. ''dare'' 'give', which itself is a calque of Greek ''(ptóòsis) dotikée''. | The term ''dative'' goes back to antiquity. It is derived from Latin ''(cāsus) datīvus'' 'case of giving' (cf. ''dare'' 'give', which itself is a calque of Greek ''(ptóòsis) dotikée''. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:52, 27 June 2014
The dative case is a case that prototypically marks the recipient of ditransitive verbs of transfer such as 'give'.
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The term dative goes back to antiquity. It is derived from Latin (cāsus) datīvus 'case of giving' (cf. dare 'give', which itself is a calque of Greek (ptóòsis) dotikée.
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