RE: Another Dative Question

A. Brent Hudson (abhudson@bmts.com)
Wed, 19 Nov 1997 13:29:23 -0500

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Cindy Westfall wrote:
> It is interesting that Wallace labels this as an "Ethical Dative" or a
>"Dative of Feeling" meaning "as far as I am concerned". This looks like
> another new category that he has created. ,

No argument from me that Wallace creates new categories; however, in the case of the ethical dative (dative of feeling), this is not the case. The same terminology is used in Smyth (?1486) which dates back to 1920.

Does anyone know why it is called an 'ethical' dative?

Brent Hudson
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