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'''Dativization''' is occasionally used for [[dative movement]]. A verb is said to be ''dativizable'' (especially in English) if it can undergo dative movement (e.g. throw: ''She threw the ball to me/She threw me the ball'', vs. ''whisper'': ''She whispered the solution to me/*She whispered me the solution'').
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'''Dativization''' is occasionally used for [[dative movement]]. A verb is said to be ''dativizable'' (especially in English) if it can undergo dative movement.  
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throw: ''She threw the ball to me/She threw me the ball''   <br>
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whisper: ''She whispered the solution to me/*She whispered me the solution''. <br>
  
 
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Revision as of 16:05, 3 August 2014

Dativization is occasionally used for dative movement. A verb is said to be dativizable (especially in English) if it can undergo dative movement.

Example:

throw: She threw the ball to me/She threw me the ball
whisper: She whispered the solution to me/*She whispered me the solution.

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