The retreat from overgeneralization in child language acquisition: Word learning, morphology, and verb argument structure
This review investigates empirical evidence for different theoretical proposals regarding the
retreat from overgeneralization errors in three domains: word learning (eg,* doggie to refer …
retreat from overgeneralization errors in three domains: word learning (eg,* doggie to refer …
Large language models are better than theoretical linguists at theoretical linguistics
B Ambridge, L Blything - Theoretical Linguistics, 2024 - degruyter.com
Large language models are better than theoretical linguists at theoretical linguistics, at least
in the domain of verb argument structure; explaining why (for example), we can say both The …
in the domain of verb argument structure; explaining why (for example), we can say both The …
Effects of both preemption and entrenchment in the retreat from verb overgeneralization errors: Four reanalyses, an extended replication, and a meta-analytic …
How do speakers avoid producing verb overgeneralization errors such as* She covered
paint onto the wall or* She poured the cup with water? Five previous papers have found …
paint onto the wall or* She poured the cup with water? Five previous papers have found …
Preemption versus entrenchment: Towards a construction-general solution to the problem of the retreat from verb argument structure overgeneralization
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 (eg,* Daddy giggled the baby) using a five-point scale …
structure overgeneralization errors (eg,* Daddy giggled the baby) using a five-point scale …
Do as I say, not as I do: A lexical distributional account of English locative verb class acquisition
Children overgeneralise verbs to ungrammatical structures early in acquisition, but retreat
from these overgeneralisations as they learn semantic verb classes. In a large corpus of …
from these overgeneralisations as they learn semantic verb classes. In a large corpus of …
Verb argument structure overgeneralisations for the English intransitive and transitive constructions: grammaticality judgments and production priming
We used a multi-method approach to investigate how children avoid (or retreat from)
argument structure overgeneralisation errors (eg,* You giggled me). Experiment 1 …
argument structure overgeneralisation errors (eg,* You giggled me). Experiment 1 …
Learners restrict their linguistic generalizations using preemption but not entrenchment: Evidence from artificial-language-learning studies with adults and children.
A central goal of research into language acquisition is explaining how, when learners
generalize to new cases, they appropriately restrict their generalizations (eg, to avoid …
generalize to new cases, they appropriately restrict their generalizations (eg, to avoid …
Lisa filled water into the cup: The roles of entrenchment, pre-emption and verb semantics in German speakers' L2 acquisition of English locatives
B Ambridge, S Brandt - Zeitschrift für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, 2013 - degruyter.com
A central challenge for learners of English is discovering verbs' argument structure
privileges; for example which verbs may appear in the figure-locative but not the ground …
privileges; for example which verbs may appear in the figure-locative but not the ground …
A connectionist model of the retreat from verb argument structure overgeneralization
B Ambridge, RP Blything - Journal of child language, 2016 - cambridge.org
A central question in language acquisition is how children build linguistic representations
that allow them to generalize verbs from one construction to another (eg, The boy gave a …
that allow them to generalize verbs from one construction to another (eg, The boy gave a …
Connecting input to comprehension: First language acquisition of active transitives and suffixal passives by Korean-speaking preschool children
GH Shin - 2020 - search.proquest.com
A central issue in language acquisition is the contribution of input to the development of
linguistic knowledge. In this dissertation project, I investigate the developmental trajectories …
linguistic knowledge. In this dissertation project, I investigate the developmental trajectories …