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==See also==
 
==See also==
 
*[[Subject (definition)]]
 
*[[Subject (definition)]]
*[[Indirect Object (definition)]]
 
 
*[[Grammatical Relation (definition)]]
 
*[[Grammatical Relation (definition)]]
 
*[[Accusative Case (definition)]]
 
*[[Accusative Case (definition)]]

Revision as of 22:30, 13 November 2009

an element in a sentence that represents someone or something, but it is not the subject. Traditionally object has been seen as the goal or receiver of an action. There two types of objects. In the sentence “The girl gave the ball to the boy.” boy is direct object and ball is the indirect object.

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Refernces

  • Crystal, David, and David Crystal. The Penguin Dictionary of Language. London: Penguin, 1999.
  • Matthews, P. H. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Linguistics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997
  • Carnie, Andrew 2006: Syntax: A Generative Introduction. Malden: Wiley-Blackwell