Re: What is a dative phrase?

On Jun 17, 12:13 pm, Nick Atty <1-nos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:02:30 +0200, Mark Barratt <nyelvm...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:



Yes. I have the same problem with these as with "Cry me a river" - in
fact, with all of them where the paraphrase has 'for' instead of 'to'.
I think this is an entirely different construction, and is, at least
partially, productive:

Fix me a drink.
Peel me a grape.
Design me a palace.
Debug me this program.
Corrupt me that politician (oh, too late...).
Boycott me that meeting.

And as Shakespeare showed, you can make any of these up if you,
simultaneously, create a verb meaning "to say xxx" or "to call me xxx".

But me no buts
Uncle me no uncles

This does seem to be endlessly productive:

Moan me no moans
Complain me no complaints
Praise me no praises
Flatter me no flattery
....

Bear me no bear
Shed me no shed
Patch me no patch
Unless he's a matchless match!

--
Jerry Friedman

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