The puzzle of Russian ditransitives

In this paper I use the Scope Freezing Generalization (SFG), formulated on the basis
of Russian quantifier scope freezing data in Antonyuk (2015) to gain insights into
the structure of Russian ditransitives. The paper discusses the finding that Russian
ditransitive predicates are not a homogeneous group, but instead subdivide into
three distinct Groups, each with its distinct set of properties, with further syntactic evidence supporting the conclusion that these Groups have distinct underlying
structures. One of the main findings, suggested by the (revised) SFG and supported
by syntactic unaccusativity tests is that a group of Russian “direct objects” are not
in fact what they seem, but are instead low Oblique arguments receiving Accusative case from a silent P head.