Dativization

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Dativization is occasionally used for dative movement. A verb is said to be dativizable (especially in English) if it can undergo dative movement (e.g. throw: She threw the ball to me/She threw me the ball, vs. whisper: She whispered the solution to me/*She whispered me the solution).

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