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The Transformer Verbs: An Anlaysis of Ergative constructions in English and Spanish

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    Identifier:  TFG:4369
    Authors:  Jiménez Garrido, Miriam
    Abstract:
    Verb complementation is a broad topic of grammar since verbs are followed by different elements depending on their semantic and syntactic features (Swan, 2005). This paper deals with a specific type of construction: ergative constructions. The aim of the present study is to define and to analyze ergative constructions in English. Additionally, English ergative constructions are compared in general terms to the Spanish version of this type of constructions. Ergative constructions are similar in both languages as English and Spanish are nominative-accusative languages. Furthermore, 28 Spanish students of English were asked to answer different questions concerning transitivity, intransitivity and ergativity.
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    Access rights: info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
    Education area(s): Anglès
    Department: Estudis Anglesos i Alemanys
    Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV)
    Confidenciality: No
    TFG credits: 9
    Subject: Filologia
    Project director: Fullana García, Celia
    Work's public defense date: 2021-06-18
    Creation date in repository: 2022-02-01
    Academic year: 2020-2021
    Student: Jiménez Garrido, Miriam
  • Keywords:

    Ergativity
    tansitivity
    intransitivity
    Philology
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