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In the American regionalism,
"Give it here!"
(i.e. Pass that thing my way -> in my direction -> Give it to me)
Questions:
What part of speech is the word "here"? That is, is it a pronoun, adverb, preposition, or what?
Is the word "here" occupying the indirect object slot of the ditransitive verb?
Here is a preposition. Notice that it takes the place of a preposition phrase, not a noun.
Here is not an indirect object in the sentence. It is a locative complement.
[ Note: In the nineteenth century, many grammarians thought 'prepositions' were words that came before nouns. This started to change about ninety years ago. Most modern grammarians now understand 'prepositions' as a grammatical class of word. These words, like verbs for example, can sometimes occur before a noun, but sometimes before a verb, before preposition, before a clause - or before nothing at all! In the Original Poster's example we see the preposition here occurring with no object. There is no extra word after this preposition.
For an introduction to the grammar of prepositions see: A Student's Introduction to English Grammar Huddleston & Pullum 2005 - or for a simpler introduction: Oxford Modern English Grammar Aarts 2011 ]
I would say in the idiomatic expression "Give it here" "here" in connection with "give" is element of a compound verb. Traditional grammar would call it adverbial particle, I often say compound particle/element.
I can't imagine that all speakers use this expression as it has a strong similarity to German Gib's her meaning Give it to me. This use of here as compound element is slightly different from its use as adverb of place. German differentiates and has two words: her and hier.
In traditional grammar "here" is an adverb of place. It is no prepositon as it is not connected with a noun. And it is no pronoun, it does not stand for a noun.
I'll pass, thanks.
No. No matter whether we call it an adverb or an intransitive preposition, it still fits the same kind of slot that an adverb or a preposition can fill in this sentence. It's an adjunct, not an argument. It's not filling the same slot as the "me" in "Give me it."
