Dative shift
![Fig. 2 Larson's underlying structure of a simple dative[4]:342](/Images/godic/202501/07/Underlying_Structure_of_a_Simple_Dative5431.jpg")
![Fig. 3 The V-raising of a simple dative according to Larson[4]:343](/Images/godic/202501/07/V-Raising_of_a_Simple_Dative_according_to_Larson5431.jpg")
![Fig 4: Larson's 1988 account of dative shift[4]:353](/Images/godic/202501/07/Larson_(88)_Account_of_Dative_Shift5431.jpg")
![Fig 5. Gropen et al.'s](/Images/godic/202501/07/page1-600px-Gropen_and_Pinker_Dative_Shift_Flowchart.pdf5431.jpg")
In linguistics, dative shift is a pattern in which the subcategorization of a verb can take on two alternating forms. In the oblique dative (OD) form, the verb takes a noun phrase (NP) and a prepositional phrase (PP), the second of which is not an argument.