The predicates of emotional feeling and the predicates of physical sense are quite similar in that they allow the double nominative constructions. But they behave differently regarding the nominative/dative alternation: only the predicates of physical...
The predicates of emotional feeling and the predicates of physical sense are quite similar in that they allow the double nominative constructions. But they behave differently regarding the nominative/dative alternation: only the predicates of physical sense permits the outer subject to alternate with the dative phrase. In an attempt to explain the disparity, this paper makes the following claims: (ⅰ) the double nominative construction denotes a speaker's subjective feeling, while the nominative/dative construction denotes a speakers' objective thought or judgement, (ⅱ) the predicates of physical sense may denote a property that can be objectively described, while the predicates of emotional feeling does not.