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Questions on transitivity [PDF]

, 2010
This handout (it isn’t a paper) presents phenomena and questions, rather than conclusions, related to the concept of transitivity. The idea is to return to these questions at the end of the Workshop to see if we can have a clearer consensus about the ...
LaPolla, Randy J.
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Frequency vs. Association for Constraint Selection in Usage-Based Construction Grammar [PDF]

, 2019
A usage-based Construction Grammar (CxG) posits that slot-constraints generalize from common exemplar constructions. But what is the best model of constraint generalization?
Dunn, Jonathan
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The be‐ versus get‐passive alternation in world Englishes

World Englishes, Volume 43, Issue 1, Page 86-108, March 2024.
Abstract Multifactorial studies of the be:get‐passive alternation are still rare. On the basis of the International Corpus of English, this is the first investigation to use mixed modelling for the passive alternation in world Englishes. Overall, our findings reveal that regional differences are far less important than language‐internal constraints ...
Marianne Hundt, Bethany Dallas, Shimon Nakanishi   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Selective transfer in the acquisition of english double object constrctions by brazilian learners

Alfa: Revista de Lingüística, 2013
The present study investigates the acquisition of the English double object constructions (GOLDBERG, 1995) by Brazilian learners. We hypothesize that, due to first language (L1) influences, the prepositional ditransitive construction (John gave a book to
Júlia Vidigal Zara, Fernando Luiz Pereira de Oliveira, Ricardo Augusto de Souza   +2 more
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Presenting and predicating lower events [PDF]

, 2013
The effects of different forms of predication have been insightfully (and almost exclusively) studied for 'simple' cases of predication, of which the 'presentational sentence' is maybe the paradigm instantiation.
Brandt, Patrick
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Crossing the Border Historical and Linguistic Divides Among the Bunaq in Central Timor [PDF]

, 2011
The Bunaq are a Papuan language-speaking people straddling the border of Indonesian West Timor and independent East Timor. This paper looks at the history of the Bunaq as a “border“ people in Timor. “Border“ is interpreted here in two ways, as referring
Schapper, A. (Antoinette)
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Transitivity and transitivity alternations in Rawang and Qiang [PDF]

, 2010
This paper is more about presenting phenomena and questions related to the concept of transitivity in Tibeto-Burman languages that I hope will stimulate discussion, rather than presenting strong conclusions.
LaPolla, Randy J.
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Mandarin Chinese ditransitive construction comprehension involves simulating transfer directions: evidence from saccadic tasks

Cognitive Linguistics
Language comprehension involves simulating event representations. However, previous research has primarily focused on discrete linguistic cues, paying little attention to how syntactic constructions influence experiential simulations. This study examines
Zhang Wanyu, Yang Qi, Zhang Yuxin, Zhang Hui   +3 more
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More than meets the eye: Toward a reassessment of Old English double accusatives

ExELL (Explorations in English Language and Linguistics)
This article offers a corpus-based update of the Accusative-Accusative construction as part of a much-needed reanalysis of Old English double-object complementation.
Juan G. Vázquez González
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The Complex Domain Matrix of Ditransitive Constructions [PDF]

, 2010
This study focuses on the semantics of ditransitive constructions. Its main aim is to show that the semantics of this type of construction is made up of elements belonging to different conceptual domains. In order to fully analyze the complexity inherent
Huelva-Unternbaumen, Enrique
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