수여동사(Dative Verbs)의 재음미

Revisiting dative verbs

Celce-Murcia & Larsen-Freeman (1999) and Cowan (2013) pointing out that IL (interlanguage) learners have difficulty in coupling dative verbs with their structural patterns. In response to this problem, this study analyzes dative verbs in terms of c-selection and s-selection proposed by Fromkin, Rodman and Hyams (2014). The analysis shows that dative verbs have [+transfer] semantic feature which consists of [Agent], [Theme], [Goal]/[Benefactive] semantic roles, and they can be divided into transitive datives (e.g. explain, fix) and ditransitive datives (e.g. give, buy). The former can be realized as what we call the preposition pattern (i.e., S+V+DO+to/for+IO) not as what we call the dative movement pattern (i.e., S+V+IO+DO). The latter can be realized as the two patterns and the one of the two can be preferred in terms of the end-focus and the end-weight principle. In a sense, the analysis may be a ‘linguistic intuition’ to the dative verbs. Thus, the IL learners can develop this intuition in acquiring the dative verbs, hence minimizing the frequency of the errors prone to occur in the process of acquiring the verbs.