This dissertation is a study of the syntactic and semantic properties of dative arguments. The
main source of data is Spanish, where dative arguments can appear with all types of verbs …

This thesis examines the syntax of Tagalog with a particular focus on argument structure and
its implications for clause structure. Through cross-linguistic comparison I show that Tagalog …

Many languages that display Differential Object Marking (DOM) and Clitic Doubling (CD),
like Spanish and Romanian, show specificity restrictions in both grammatical environments …

Split questions such as What tree did John plant, an oak? contain a wh-question part and a
tag. Drawing on Spanish, Basque and English data, this article argues that these two parts of …

This paper investigates goal and beneficiary arguments introduced by the preposition se in
Greek. I argue that dative arguments introduced by se occur in double object beneficiary and …

This empirical study focuses on the use of Spanish clitic pronouns when they function as
accusative or as dative clitics in the translation tasks performed by university students of …

La tesi que presentem té per objectiu l'estudi de diversos fenòmens que se situen en la
frontera que separa la intransitivitat i la transitivitat. Ens centrem, en concret, en les …

Universidade de Lisboa Faculdade de Letras CONSTRUÇÕES DITRANSITIVAS NO
PORTUGUÊS DE SÃO TOMÉ Rita Margarida Gamito Gonça Page 1 Universidade de Lisboa …

This article presents empirical and theoretical arguments that challenge several received
ideas regarding double‐object constructions in Romance languages. First, I argue that the …

The grammars of bilinguals have been found to differ from those of monolinguals especially
with regard to phenomena that involve the interface of syntax and discourse/pragmatics …