"personal dative" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: personal datives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} personal dative (plural personal datives)
  1. (grammar) A grammatical construction emphasizing subject involvement, associated with Southern American English, consisting of a pronoun that occurs immediately after a verb and is coreferential with the subject. Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-personal_dative-en-noun-K63vjRaz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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