The direct object is what receives or has the action done to it, and an indirect object is often who or what it is done for. So, if I say, "My father bought me a car", the car is the direct object, ...

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 ...

An object usually appears after the verb. There are two types of objects in the English language: direct and indirect. A direct object takes or receives the action of the verb. In other words, the ...