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Lexical and Constructional Knowledge of Verb-Argument Structures in L1 and L2 Speech

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The use of English verb-argument structures (VASs) represents two types of linguistic knowledge, namely, lexical knowledge of verb-subcategorizations and constructional knowledge of sentence-level generalizations. The lexical knowledge refers to the complementation patterns individual verbs can take, while the constructional knowledge centers on each argument structure as an independent pairing of form and meaning. This study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of both types of knowledge, with special focus on transitive VASs (e.g., V+NP, V+to-infinitive phrase, V+gerund phrase, V+clause) in a native speaker corpus and a learner corpus. The results indicate the learners’ insufficient lexical knowledge (as shown by subcategorization errors and limited use of complementation patterns) as well as their heavy reliance on the simplest VAS constructions, which suggests that L2 learners’ difficulty in the production of VASs is due to both domains.

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The use of English verb-argument structures (VASs) represents two types of linguistic knowledge, namely, lexical knowledge of verb-subcategorizations and constructional knowledge of sentence-level generalizations. The lexical knowledge refers to the complementation patterns individual verbs can take, while the constructional knowledge centers on each argument structure as an independent pairing of form and meaning. This study aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of both types of knowledge, with special focus on transitive VASs (e.g., V+NP, V+to-infinitive phrase, V+gerund phrase, V+clause) in a native speaker corpus and a learner corpus. The results indicate the learners’ insufficient lexical knowledge (as shown by subcategorization errors and limited use of complementation patterns) as well as their heavy reliance on the simplest VAS constructions, which suggests that L2 learners’ difficulty in the production of VASs is due to both domains.

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