Lexical be DOI Creative Commons
Philip Miller, Peter W. Culicover

Journal of Linguistics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 24

Published: Jan. 15, 2025

Abstract We explore the surprising lexical be construction in English (e.g. Why don’t you quiet? ). After an overview of previous discussions, investigation use COCA and SOAP corpora is provided. It shown that its distribution highly skewed it completely felicitous only under a very limited set conditions. An account then provided showing conditions license are inherited from more general constructions, most importantly negative imperative ‘ ’ construction. In this light, suggested construction, with special properties, provides strong evidence for constructional approach to linguistic competence along lines Goldberg (1995), Culicover Jackendoff (2005), Sag (2012).

Language: Английский

Dissociating language and thought in large language models DOI
Kyle Mahowald, Anna A. Ivanova, Idan Blank

et al.

Trends in Cognitive Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 28(6), P. 517 - 540

Published: March 19, 2024

Language: Английский

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Lexical be DOI Creative Commons
Philip Miller, Peter W. Culicover

Journal of Linguistics, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 1 - 24

Published: Jan. 15, 2025

Abstract We explore the surprising lexical be construction in English (e.g. Why don’t you quiet? ). After an overview of previous discussions, investigation use COCA and SOAP corpora is provided. It shown that its distribution highly skewed it completely felicitous only under a very limited set conditions. An account then provided showing conditions license are inherited from more general constructions, most importantly negative imperative ‘ ’ construction. In this light, suggested construction, with special properties, provides strong evidence for constructional approach to linguistic competence along lines Goldberg (1995), Culicover Jackendoff (2005), Sag (2012).

Language: Английский

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