So English grammar lets us ditch a “to” phrase in favor of an indirect object. That means that “My mother gave birth to me” can, grammatically, be restated as “My mother gave me birth.” ...

They are usually quicker ways to refer to a noun and reduce repetition. Types of pronoun include subject pronouns, direct and indirect object pronouns. Part of French Grammar ...

This paper gives an in-depth analysis of a number of well-known verbal diathesis alternations (creation/transformation, locative and dative alternations), and specifically investigates the position of ...