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Direct linkAmbridge, Ben; Pine, Julian M.; Rowland, Caroline F. – Cognition, 2012
The present study investigated how children learn that some verbs may appear in the figure-locative but not the ground-locative construction (e.g., "Lisa poured water into the cup"; "*Lisa poured the cup with water"), with some showing the opposite pattern (e.g., "*Bart filled water into the cup"; "Bart filled the cup with water"), and others…
Descriptors: Semantics, Verbs, Grammar, Exhibits
Ambridge, Ben; Pine, Julian M.; Rowland, Caroline F.; Young, Chris R. – Cognition, 2008
Participants (aged 5-6 yrs, 9-10 yrs and adults) rated (using a five-point scale) grammatical (intransitive) and overgeneralized (transitive causative) uses of a high frequency, low frequency and novel intransitive verb from each of three semantic classes [Pinker, S. (1989a). "Learnability and cognition: the acquisition of argument structure."…
Descriptors: Semantics, Verbs, Grammar, Semiotics
