| This study focuses on extended predicate constructions traditionally classified as Pertinenzdativ in German. These predicate constructions can be extended with a dative encoded NP, although this complement is not foreseen by the lexical entry or valence of the verb. Traditionally, these extended predicate constructions have been classified as different dative types: Pertinenzdativ, Dativ Commodi and Dativ Incommodi, on the basis of a number of perceived differences of semantic features or semantic relations. Recent studies in case theory have attempted to reduce these dative types to a limited number of (abstracted) semantic roles. This thesis argues for a unified analysis of these 'dative types' within a relevance-based pragmatic approach which is applied to a limited sample of extended predicate constructions usually classified as Pertinenzdativ. |
