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Mapping theory without argument structure

open access: yesJournal of Language Modelling, 2017
Asudeh and Giorgolo (2012) offer an analysis of optional and derived arguments that does away with argument structure as a separate level of representation within the architecture of Lexical Functional Grammar in favour of encoding much of this ...
Jamie Yates Findlay
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Basic argument structure in Russian Sign Language

open access: yesGlossa, 2018
In this paper, basic verb classes and argument structure alternations in Russian Sign Language (RSL) are described, and the implications of these data for the theory of argument structure are discussed. The analysis is based on data elicited using a list
Vadim Kimmelman
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Structure removal: An argument for feature-driven Merge

open access: yesGlossa, 2017
Assuming that it needs to be decided at some point whether a given Merge(α,β) operation is legitimate, there are two basic options. The first possibility is that one of the two categories is equipped with an intrinsic formal property (typically encoded ...
Gereon Müller
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Neural reality of argument structure constructions [PDF]

open access: yesAnnual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics, 2022
In lexicalist linguistic theories, argument structure is assumed to be predictable from the meaning of verbs. As a result, the verb is the primary determinant of the meaning of a clause.
Bai Li   +4 more
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Exploring the Role of Argument Structure in Online Debate Persuasion [PDF]

open access: yesConference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing, 2020
Online debate forums provide users a platform to express their opinions on controversial topics while being exposed to opinions from diverse set of viewpoints.
Jialu Li, Esin Durmus, Claire Cardie
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Preemption versus Entrenchment: Towards a Construction-General Solution to the Problem of the Retreat from Verb Argument Structure Overgeneralization. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS One, 2014
Participants aged 5;2-6;8, 9;2-10;6 and 18;1-22;2 (72 at each age) rated verb argument structure overgeneralization errors (e.g., *Daddy giggled the baby) using a five-point scale.
Ambridge B   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Argument structure of classifier predicates in Russian Sign Language

open access: yesNatural language & linguistic theory, 2019
We analyze classifier predicates in Russian Sign Language (RSL) using a combination of naturalistic corpus and elicited data in order to determine their argument structure, and to test the generalization, based on research on other sign languages, that ...
V. Kimmelman, R. Pfau, E. Aboh
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Contact-Induced Changes in the Argument Structure of Middle English Verbs on the Model of Old French

open access: yesJournal of Language Contact, 2019
This paper investigates contact-induced changes in the argument structure of Middle English verbs on the model of Old French. 1 We study two issues: i) to what extent did the English system retain and integrate the argument structure of verbs copied ...
C. Trips, A. Stein
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The limits of argument structure

open access: yesAnuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 1997
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Ken Hale, Jay Keyser
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Argument structure and animacy entailment

open access: yesAnuario del Seminario de Filología Vasca "Julio de Urquijo", 1997
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Seth A. Minkoff
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