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<div style="font-size:180%">Ditransitive verbs & the question of attribution complement</div> | |||
Certain linguistic theories breaking with traditional grammar consider that a verb, then qualified as ditransitive, can accept 2 object complements, called direct object complement, “complément d'objet direct” in French (COD) and second object complement, “complément d'objet second “ in French (COS). | Certain linguistic theories breaking with traditional grammar consider that a verb, then qualified as ditransitive, can accept 2 object complements, called direct object complement, “complément d'objet direct” in French (COD) and second object complement, “complément d'objet second “ in French (COS). | ||
*Elle donne une pomme à son frère | *Elle donne une pomme à son frère | ||
<blockquote>She gives an apple to her brother</blockquote> | <blockquote>She gives an apple to her brother</blockquote> | ||
→ Ditransitif, because an apple is COD and her brother is COS. | → Ditransitif, because an apple is COD and her brother is COS. | ||
Traditional French grammar strongly rejects this analysis: it considers that the "complement of secondary object" is generally nothing other than a complement of attribution. | Traditional French grammar strongly rejects this analysis: it considers that the "complement of secondary object" is generally nothing other than a complement of attribution. | ||
*Elle donne une pomme à son frère | *Elle donne une pomme à son frère | ||
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Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitivit%C3%A9_(grammaire) | |||
'''Source:''' https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitivit%C3%A9_(grammaire) | |||
Revision as of 12:13, 16 December 2021
Certain linguistic theories breaking with traditional grammar consider that a verb, then qualified as ditransitive, can accept 2 object complements, called direct object complement, “complément d'objet direct” in French (COD) and second object complement, “complément d'objet second “ in French (COS).
- Elle donne une pomme à son frère
She gives an apple to her brother
→ Ditransitif, because an apple is COD and her brother is COS.
Traditional French grammar strongly rejects this analysis: it considers that the "complement of secondary object" is generally nothing other than a complement of attribution.
- Elle donne une pomme à son frère
She gives an apple to her brother
→ Direct transitive, because “une pomme” (an apple) is a complement of a direct object (only object of the gift) and “à son frère” (to her brother) is a complement of attribution.
Source: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transitivit%C3%A9_(grammaire)