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Direct linkKidd, Evan; Lieven, Elena V. M.; Tomasello, Michael – Language Sciences, 2010
Usage-based approaches to language acquisition argue that children acquire the grammar of their target language using general-cognitive learning principles. The current paper reports on an experiment that tested a central assumption of the usage-based approach: argument structure patterns are connected to high frequency verbs that facilitate…
Descriptors: Sentences, Verbs, Language Acquisition, Grammar
