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The distinction drawn here between ergative and object-deletion verbs is based on the role of the subject. The object of a transitive ergative verb is the subject of the corresponding intransitive ergative verb. With object-deletion verbs, in contrast, the subject is consistent regardless of whether
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such as English, since the relatively strict word order of English usually positions the object after the verb(s) in declarative sentences. In the majority of languages with fixed word order, the subject precedes the object. However, the opposite is true for the very small proportion (approximately
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Objects are distinguished from subjects in the syntactic trees that represent sentence structure. The subject appears (as high or) higher in the syntactic structure than the object. The following trees of a
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Verbs can be classified according to the number and/or type of objects that they do or do not take. The following table provides an overview of some of the various verb classes:
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lack a distinction between direct and indirect objects, but rather distinguish primary and secondary objects. Many African languages fall into this typological category.
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3. Morphological case: In languages that have case systems, objects are marked by certain cases (accusative, dative, genitive, instrumental, etc.).
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Languages vary significantly with respect to these criteria. The first criterion identifies objects reliably most of the time in English, e.g.
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For descriptions of the traditional distinction between subject and object, see for instance Freeborn (1995:31) and Kesner Bland (1996:415).
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For a classification of transitive verbs along the lines used here but using different terminology, see for instance Conner (1968:103ff.).
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Freeborn, D. 1995. A course book in English grammar: Standard English and the dialects, 2nd edition. London: MacMillan Press LTD.
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Concerning the passive as a diagnostic for identifying objects, see for instance Freeborn (1995:175) and Biber et al. (1999:126).
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and any of its objects, which can include but are not limited to direct objects, indirect objects, and arguments of adpositions (
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1. Subject of passive sentence: Most objects in active sentences can become the subject in the corresponding passive sentences.
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Indirect objects are frequently expressed as objects of prepositions, complicating the traditional typology; e.g. "I gave salt
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Concerning ergative verbs, see for instance the Collins Cobuild English Grammar (1995:155f.) and Biber et al. (1999:155f.).
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Biber, D. et al. 1999. Longman Grammar of spoken and written English. Essex, England: Pearson Education limited.
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verbs can have two direct objects, one being more closely bound to the verb than the other; these may be called
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Keenan, E. and B. Comrie 1977. Noun phrase accessibility and universal grammar. Linguistic Inquiry 8. 63–99.
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Kesner Bland, S. Intermediate grammar: From form to meaning and use. New York: Oxford University Press.
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and object-deletion verbs can be transitive or intransitive, as indicated in the following table:
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See Biber et al. (1999:126) for a similar list of characteristics that identify (direct) objects.
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The subject is in blue, and the object in orange. The subject is consistently a dependent of the
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While the typical object is a pronoun, noun, or noun phrase, objects can also appear as other
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Carnie, A. 2013. Syntax: A generative introduction, 3rd edition. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell.
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Dryer, Matthew S. (December 1986). "Primary Objects, Secondary Objects, and Antidative".
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Dependency trees similar to the ones produced here can be found in Ágel et al. (2003/6).
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Conner, J. 1968. A grammar of standard English. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
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In English traditional grammar types, three types of object are acknowledged:
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Dikken, Marcel den (2003-12-29). "A comment on the topic of topic–comment".
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Collins Cobuild English Grammar 1995. London: HarperCollins Publishers.
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is adopted from Biber et al. (1999:147). Such verbs are also called
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A number of criteria can be employed for identifying objects, e.g.:
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illustrate the hierarchical positions of subjects and objects:
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Huddleston, Rodney; Pullum, Geoffrey K. (15 April 2002).
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The second criterion is also a reliable criterion for
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Index

Direct object
Grammatical features
Animacy
Case
Dative construction
Dative shift
Quirky subject
Nominative
Comitative
Instrumental
Classifier
Measure word
Construct state
Count noun
Mass noun
Collective noun
Definiteness
Gender
Genitive construction
Possession
Suffixaufnahme (case stacking)
Noun class
Number
Dual
Plural
Singulative-Collective-Plurative
Specificity
Universal grinder
Associated motion
Clusivity

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