Alternation ‘cognate/kindred direct object’ (Uncoded)

The cognate/kindred object alternation concerns the insertion of a direct object whose NP’s meaning is closely related to the meaning of the verb (Jones 1988). A cognate NP is etymologically related to the verb that takes it; a kindred NP, on the other hand, is semantically similar to the verb that take it (Pinkster 2015). In Old Latin both two-place and three-place verbs allow for the insertion of a cognate/kindred argument in the semantic role of P, T and R (see TEACH doceo).