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<p>New page: The term &#039;&#039;&#039;dative transformation&#039;&#039;&#039; was occasionally used to refer to the transformation that has been more commonly known as <a href="/index.php?title=Dative_shift&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Dative shift (page does not exist)">dative shift</a> or <a href="/index.php/Dative_movement" title="Dative movement">dative movement</a>. The transformation r...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>The term '''dative transformation''' was occasionally used to refer to the transformation that has been more commonly known as [[dative shift]] or [[dative movement]]. The transformation relates a prepositional [[indirect-object construction]] (''The girl gave milk to the cat'') to a [[double-object construction]] (''The girl gave the cat milk''), especially in English.<br /> <br /> ===Comments===<br /> Dryer (1986) proposed a transformation with the reverse effect that he called [[antidative]].<br /> <br /> Since the transformational analysis is no longer popular, the neutral term [[dative alternation]] is now mostly used for the English alternation in question.<br /> <br /> ===Synonyms===<br /> *[[dative shift]]<br /> *[[dative movement]]<br /> <br /> ===References===<br /> *Dryer, Matthew S. 1986. Primary objects, secondary objects and antidative. ''Language'' 62.4: 808-845.<br /> <br /> {{dc}}<br /> [[Category:Syntax]]</div>

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