Diachronic Evolution of the Verb Give

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作者：
Lyu, Guoyan [1 ]
Chen, Haitao [1 ]
Gao, Yanmei [2 ]
机构：
[1] Beijing Informat Sci & Technol Univ, Sch Foreign Studies, Beijing 100192, Peoples R China
[2] Peking Univ, Sch Foreign Languages, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China
来源：
CHINESE LEXICAL SEMANTICS (CLSW 2020) | 2021年 / 12278卷
关键词：
Diachronic evolution; Variants; Give; Dative alternation;
D O I：
10.1007/978-3-030-81197-6_12
中图分类号：
TP18 [人工智能理论];
学科分类号：
081104 ; 0812 ; 0835 ; 1405 ;
摘要：
The purpose of this study is to investigate the diachronic evolution of the most typical ditransitive verb, give, and its competition against other word forms with the similar meaning. Statistics from the historical chronicles between the 6th and 15th century show the competing trends. The results demonstrate that in OE and ME, the set of 'give' verbs with Germanic origin all have the meaning of taking and holding in their etymology. The prolixity of the verb's varied forms plays an important role in building its competitiveness.
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页码：127 / 136
页数：10
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