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Direct linkDemuth, Katherine; Machobane, 'Malillo; Moloi, Francina – Journal of Child Language, 2003
Theorists of language acquisition have long debated the means by which children learn the argument structure of verbs (e.g. Bowerman, 1974, 1990; Pinker, 1984, 1989; Tomasello, 1992). Central to this controversy has been the possible role of verb semantics, especially in learning which verbs undergo dative-shift alternation in languages like…
Descriptors: Language Acquisition, Verbs, Semantics, African Languages
