@article{dryer1986primary,
  source = {jstor},
  ISSN = {0097-8507},
  abstract = {Languages differ as to whether they are accusative or ergative. In other words, grammatical rules in some languages are sensitive to the distinction between Subjects and Objects; in others, to the distinction between ergatives and absolutives. The central thesis of this paper is that, similarly, rules in some languages are sensitive to the distinction between Direct Objects and Indirect Objects; but in others, they are sensitive to a distinction between Primary and Secondary Objects. A Primary Object is an Indirect Object in a ditransitive clause or a Direct Object in a monotransitive clause, while a Secondary Object is a Direct Object in a ditransitive clause.},
  author = {Dryer, Matthew S.},
  copyright = {Copyright 1986 Linguistic Society of America},
  journal = {Language},
  jstor_articletype = {Full Length Article},
  jstor_date = {198612},
  jstor_formatteddate = {Dec., 1986},
  month = {dec},
  number = {4},
  pages = {808--845},
  publisher = {Linguistic Society of America},
  title = {Primary Objects, Secondary Objects, and Antidative},
  url = {http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0097-8507%28198612%2962%3A4%3C808%3APOSOAA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-W},
  volume = {62},
  year = {1986},
}