Second language verb-argument constructions are sensitive to form, function, frequency, contingency, and prototypicality

Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 405-431

  Ellis, Nick C ^a   O'Donnell, Matthew B ^b   Römer, Ute ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construction grammar; Contingency; Free association task; Processing; Semantic networks; Transfer; Usage based acquisition and processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84916930924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18799264     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/lab.4.4.01ell     Document Type: Article

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