Alternation ‘Possessor-Attribute Alternation’ (Uncoded)

The (in)transitive variant of a pattern involving a possessor object and a possessed attribute, which may be encoded either as an object noun phrase (e.g., Temo l’arroganza di Giovanni 'I fear John’s arrogance'), or may be expressed as a prepositional phrase (e.g., Temo Giovanni per la sua arroganza ‘I fear John for his arrogance) (Levin 1993: 71-77).

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