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Similarity in linguistic categorization: The importance of necessary properties [PDF]

, 2012
Usage-based models of language propose that the acceptability of an element in a constructional slot is determined by its similarity to attested fillers of that slot (Bybee 2010, ch. 4).
Kalyan, Siva
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The ditransitive construction and the double accusative construction as allostructions: Corpus-based analysis and pedagogical applications

Ampersand
The study explores the challenges encountered by Italian-speaking students with the learning of the German ditransitive construction. While prior research has extensively covered theoretical aspects of this construction, limited attention has been paid ...
Sabine De Knop, Fabio Mollica
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Créoles et français : Quelques différences dans la valence verbale

TIPA. Travaux interdisciplinaires sur la parole et le langage, 2015
In this contribution, I look at four valency patterns of Creole spoken in the Seychelles and Mauritius, which clearly differ from the corresponding French patterns.
Sibylle Kriegel
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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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On the syntax of ditransitive sentences in Slovenian [PDF]

, 2012
In this paper we discuss Slovenian ditransitive sentences with respect to the two possible word orders of the objects found with neutral intonation, DAT≫ACC and ACC≫DAT.
Marvin, Tatjana, Stegovec, Adrian
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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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Passivization of ditransitive verbs from the FSP point of view [PDF]

Linguistica Pragensia, 2015
The present paper aims at contributing to the study of passivization of ditransitive complementation from the FSP point of view. English ditransitive verbs generally allow two passive constructions, i.e.
Gabriela Brůhová
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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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Sens et relations de sens dans les grammaires de construction

Lexis: Journal in English Lexicology, 2008
Cet article étudie la question du sens et des relations de sens dans le cadre des grammaires de construction (GC), en s’intéressant tout particulièrement à la polysémie des signes grammaticaux.
Jérôme Puckica
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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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