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LanguageQuestionSubquestionColorParameterValuePreference
Akan63cdependent1
Amharic63chead1
Amharic63cdependent1
Ika63chead1NA
Ika63cdependent1NA
Bernese German63chead1ND
Bernese German63cdependent1ND
Bwamu63cdependent1NA
Czech63chead1NA
Czech63cdependent1NA
Jula63cdependent1
Ninkaré63cdependent1NA
Finnish63chead1
Finnish63cdependent1
Gagauz63chead1
Gagauz63cdependent1
Mongolian63cdependent1NA
Linxia Chinese63cdependent1
Huarong Chinese63cdependent1
Ancash Quechua63chead1NA
Ancash Quechua63cdependent1NA
Hungarian63chead1
Hungarian63cdependent1
Italian63chead1
Italian63cdependent1
Jejueo63cdependent1NA
Kangle Chinese63cdependent1
Kazakh63chead1NA
Kazakh63cdependent1NA
Standard Mandarin63cdependent1NA
Marathi63chead1
Marathi63cdependent1
Mopan Maya63chead1NA
Mopan Maya63cdependent1NA
Mooré63cdependent1
Nepali63chead1
Nepali63cdependent1
Newari63cdependent1
Turkish63chead1
Turkish63cdependent1
Polish63chead1
Polish63cdependent1
Slovene63chead1
Slovene63cdependent1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian63chead1
Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian63cdependent1
Cochabamba Quechua63chead1NA
Cochabamba Quechua63cdependent1NA
English63cdependent1
Standard German63chead1
Standard German63cdependent1
Thai63cdependent1NA
Tunen63cdependent1NA
Upper Sorbian63chead1NA
Upper Sorbian63cdependent1NA
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.