Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. I INTRODUCTION
5. Datives 3
6. II FOCUS ON GERMANIC
7. German inherent datives and argument structure 49
8. Remarks on the projection of dative arguments in German 79
9. Receiving and perceiving datives (Cipients) — A view from German 103
10. The datives that aren’t born equal 141
11. The interpretation of German datives and English have 185
12. Dative and indirect object in German dialects 213
13. Indirect objects and Dative case in monolingual German and bilingual German/Romance language acquisition 239
14. III BEYOND GERMANIC: FROM ALBANIAN TO TAGALOG
15. Unaccusatives with dative causers and experiencers 271
16. Putting things into perspective 301
17. Widening the perspective 331
18. Index 383