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| (1) Mary gave the comic book to Sue. | (1) Mary gave the comic book to Sue. |
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| In (1), a traditional description of the case-marking involved would label "Mary" as the //subject// (see [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject_%28grammar%29]]) of the sentence, "the comic book" as the //direct object // (see [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_object]]), and "Sue" as the //indirect object//. Other languages, including all of the languages that were written in cuneiform, do not primarily use word order to indicate who is doing what to whom. | In (1), a traditional description of the case-marking involved would label "Mary" as the //subject// (see this [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subject_%28grammar%29|wikipedia article on grammatical subject]]) of the sentence, "the comic book" as the //direct object // (see this [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_object|wikipedia article on direct object]]), and "Sue" as the //indirect object//. Other languages, including all of the languages that were written in cuneiform, do not primarily use word order to indicate who is doing what to whom. |
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