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The development of using function word “zài” to learn novel verbs in young Mandarin speakers

PsyCh Journal, Volume 13, Issue 1, Page 31-43, February 2024.
Abstract The present research examined whether Mandarin‐speaking children could use function words to learn novel verbs and recognize verbs in a new sentential context. In Experiment 1, 3‐ to 6‐year‐old children were taught two novel verbs supported by the verb marker “zài.” The 5‐ and 6‐year‐old children successfully used the function word “zài” to ...
Zhigang Li, Chenyue Liang, Jianing Zhong, Shuang Chen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

An application of second language acquisition research to ESL grammar teaching: What to do with novel passives

Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2001
This paper demonstrates how second language acquisition research can inform textbook writers and language teachers. It begins with a summary of research which indicates that inappropriate passives are produced and accepted by learners with a variety of ...
Patricia A. Balcom
doaj  

NOUN PHRASES (NPs)-MOVEMENT IN SASAK

Aksara, 2017
Sasak is spoken language used by Sasak speakers in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara. This language is included into Bali-Sasak-Samawa subgroup. Most of the linguists and researchers constructed this language using SVO, but they do not explore the possible ...
Lalu Erwan Husnan
doaj  

Auxiliary selection across Catalan dialects: an overview

Borealis: An International Journal of Hispanic Linguistics
This article presents a comprehensive description of auxiliary selection in Catalan. Specifically, after explaining how the phenomenon worked in Old Catalan, we show what are the factors (such as the event/argument structure or the grammatical person ...
Anna Pineda, Sebastià Salvà, Elga Cremades   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Experiencers and goals in German unaccusatives

, 2001
So-called 'Psychological Predicates' have prov.en particularly problematic for a mapping from lexical argument structure to positions in syntactic structure if one adopts the view that: (I) this mapping should be uniform. (II) the inventory of 'thematic roles' should be kept to a minimum.
Borik, Olga, Brandt, Patrick
openaire   +3 more sources

The syntax of wh-questions in unaccusative and (Un)ergative structures in Mehri language: A Phase-based approach. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Fakih AH, Al-Qumairi SS, Alzubi AAF.
europepmc   +1 more source

Against the Unaccusative Analysis of Reflexives

, 2004
In this paper we argue that the unaccusative analysis of reflexive verbs must be discarded, as reflexives systematically fail syntactic tests of unaccusativity. They are unergative entries, whose subject is an external argument, unlike the subject of unaccusatives.
Reinhart, T., Siloni, T.
openaire   +3 more sources

Subjects are not all alike: Eye-tracking the agent preference in Spanish. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2022
Gómez-Vidal B, Arantzeta M, Laka JP, Laka I.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Analysis of presurgical language in children with posterior fossa tumours relative to postoperative speech outcomes: findings from the European CMS study [PDF]

Cerebellum
Reinders A, Svaldi C, Kingma A, Grønbæk JK, Thomsen DB, Persson K, Mathiasen R, Dahl C, Carai A, Andreozzi B, Mastronuzzi A, Pizer B, Thorbinson C, Aquilina K, Hoving E, Juhler M, Jonkers R, De Aguiar V.   +17 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

How the brain processes different dimensions of argument structure complexity: evidence from fMRI. [PDF]

Brain Lang, 2015
Meltzer-Asscher A, Mack JE, Barbieri E, Thompson CK.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source