One morphology, different syntax: The case of Persian psychological constructions
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One morphology, different syntax: The case of Persian psychological constructions
Psych constructions are often characterized as datives involving an experiencer argument. I argue that despite striking morphological similarities, Persian psych constructions in fact fall into two main categories with different syntactic structures: one class involves a dative applicative, and the other a possessive structure. The possessive class is argued to be a different phenomenon than dative possessives attested in other languages. I argu…
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