Ditransitive constructions: A typological overview

Studies in Ditransitive Constructions: A Comparative Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1-64

  Malchukov, Andrej ^a   Haspelmath, Martin ^a   Comrie, Bernard ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1515/9783110220377     Document Type: Chapter

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