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Amharic63cdependent1
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Ika63cdependent1UP
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Bernese German63cdependent1UP
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Czech63cdependent1UP
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Finnish63cdependent1UP
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Gagauz63cdependent1UP
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Linxia Chinese63cdependent1
Huarong Chinese63cdependent1
Ancash Quechua63chead1UP
Ancash Quechua63cdependent1UP
Hungarian63chead1UP
Hungarian63cdependent1UP
Italian63chead1UP
Italian63cdependent1
Jejueo63cdependent1
Kangle Chinese63cdependent1
Kazakh63chead1UP
Kazakh63cdependent1UP
Standard Mandarin63cdependent1
Marathi63chead1UP
Marathi63cdependent1UP
Mopan Maya63chead1
Mopan Maya63cdependent1
Mooré63cdependent1
Nepali63chead1UP
Nepali63cdependent1UP
Newari63cdependent1
Turkish63chead1UP
Turkish63cdependent1UP
Polish63chead1UP
Polish63cdependent1UP
Slovene63chead1UP
Slovene63cdependent1UP
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian63chead1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian63cdependent1
Cochabamba Quechua63chead1UP
Cochabamba Quechua63cdependent1UP
English63cdependent1
Standard German63chead1UP
Standard German63cdependent1UP
Thai63cdependent1
Tunen63cdependent1
Upper Sorbian63chead1UP
Upper Sorbian63cdependent1UP
Oromo63chead1
Oromo63cdependent1

(63) What type of marking is there for nominal arguments?

Alternatives to be checked: head-marking / dependent-marking / both / unmarked

c) ditransitive

nominal argument

The man gives a dog to the boy. / The man gives the boy a dog. (head- and dependent-marking)

pronominal argument

He gives a dog to him. / He gives him a dog. (head- and dependent-marking)

Explanation: Dependent marking mostly refers to case marking (e.g., accusative, ergative, dative etc.) and adpositions while head-marking refers to verbal agreement indicating person or number (Nichols).

English has morphological dependent-marking in pronouns (e.g., he vs. him) only and head-marking only in third person.