Cognitive Semantics and the Polish Dative
β Scribed by Ewa DΔ browska
- Publisher
- De Gruyter Mouton
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 254
- Series
- Cognitive Linguistics Research, Vol. 9
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
Drawing on the conceptual apparatus of cognitive grammar, this text aims to bring order into the array of uses by providing a unified semantic characterization of the dative case which subsumes both "lexically governed" and "free" datives.
β¦ Subjects
Foreign Language Dictionaries & Thesauruses;Foreign Language Study & Reference;Reference;Linguistics;Words, Language & Grammar;Reference
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