Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 Background of the Study 1.2 Rationale of the Study 1.3 Objectives of the Study 1.4 Methodology 1.5 Data Collection 1.6 Organization of the Study Chapter 2 Literature Review 2. 1 The Traditional Descriptive Grammar Approach~ 2. 2 The Syntactic Approach 2.3 The Semantic Approach to Dative Alternation ~ 2. 3.1 Affectedness