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Ditransitive and complex transitive verbs in The Dutchess movie script [PDF]

, 2020
Understanding the movie can be known through its script. The movie script is a medium that can be used as an object of research, one of which is about syntax. One of the movie scripts that can be analyzed by syntax is the duchess movie script.
Lailah, Siti
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Nanai argument structure: Russian influence

Eesti ja Soome-ugri Keeleteaduse Ajakiri, 2013
The paper investigates two classes of verbs in the Naikhin dialect of Nanai (Tungusic; spoken mostly in the Russian Far East) that demonstrate a certain instability with respect to their argument structure in a situation where there is contact with ...
Ksenia Shagal
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The Effects of Referential Factors in Mojeno Trinitario Derived and Non-Derived Ditransitive Verbs

Linguistic Discovery, 2012
This paper investigates the effects of referential factors (more specifically the person hierarchy) in non-derived and derived three-participant constructions of Mojeno Trinitario, an Arawak language of Bolivia. The basic effect of referential properties
Françoise Rose
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Error Correction Learning of Second Language Verbal Morphology: Associating Imperfect Contingencies in Naturalistic Frequency Distributions

Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 2, Page 494-527, June 2026.
Abstract We investigate what is learned from exposure to usage in verbal morphology using an error correction mechanism within an associative learning framework. We computationally simulated how second language (L2) learners would respond to naturalistic input of aspectual usage, characterized by “imperfect contingencies,” given two types of ...
Justyna Mackiewicz, Petar Milin, Dagmar Divjak   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

New Insights Into Lakota Syntax: The Encoding of Arguments and the Number of Verbal Affixes

Studia Linguistica, Volume 80, Issue 1, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This paper examines the morphosyntax of transitive constructions in Lakota, with particular emphasis being placed on the encoding of arguments. The analysis of argument marking through verbal affixes in Lakota transitive constructions raises two main questions: the existence or non‐existence of the zero marker for the third person singular and
Avelino Corral Esteban
wiley   +1 more source

Exploring toddlers' ability to learn novel verbs in ditransitive vs transitive frames with three noun phrases

, 2023
In this project we will test toddlers' ability to understand ditransitive frames and use them for learning novel verbs, as predicted by syntactic bootstrapping.
Alex de Carvalho, VIncenzo Moscati, Giulio Massari   +2 more
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Evidence Against Syntactic Encapsulation in Large Language Models

Cognitive Science, Volume 50, Issue 3, March 2026.
Abstract Transformer‐based large language models (LLMs) have recently demonstrated exceptional performance in a variety of linguistic tasks. LLMs primarily combine information across words in a sentence using the attention mechanism, implemented by “attention heads:” these components assign numerical weights linking different words in the input to one ...
Thomas A. McGee, Yiyang Zhang, Idan A. Blank   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Distributional Cues in Construction Acquisition: A Comparative Study of Native and Nonnative English Speakers Using the As‐Predicative Construction

Language Learning, Volume 76, Issue 1, Page 67-102, March 2026.
Abstract This study investigates how distributional cues are integrated into the mental representation of the as‐predicative construction by English native and nonnative speakers, drawing on associative learning theory. We examined speakers’ constructional retrieval when given a verbal cue (Experiment 1) and their verb retrieval when given a ...
Ivana Domazetoska, Helen Zhao
wiley   +1 more source

African Lambdas II: Formal Semantics of African Languages—The Verbal and Clausal Domain

Language and Linguistics Compass, Volume 20, Issue 1, January/February 2026.
ABSTRACT The formal semantic analysis of African languages is still a young subfield within theoretical linguistics. Starting with general overviews of the quantifier systems of individual African languages around two decades ago, there now exists a substantial body of fieldwork‐based and autochthonous formal semantic research conducted by both African
Malte Zimmermann
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Studies in ditransitive constructions

, 2017
This rich volume explores the cross-linguistic variation in ditransitive constructions, syntactic patterns of 'give'-like verbs taking Agent, Theme and Recipient ...
Fedden, S
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