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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"verb learning"”.
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Integrating Sentence-Structural and Event Information in Early Verb Learning
… as well as observations of events to learn verb meanings. This is known as syntactic bootstrapping. This dissertation investigated the origins and mechanisms of syntactic bootstrapping. Prior evidence suggested that two-year-olds, but not younger children, could use aspects of sentence …
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The role of syntactic and discourse information in verb learning
Children use syntax in verb learning; this is syntactic bootstrapping (Gleitman, 1990; Naigles, 1990). This dissertation proposal investigates two research questions about syntactic bootstrapping: 1) how syntactic bootstrapping could begin, and 2) how syntactic bootstrapping could work despite …
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Towards an Articulation of Architecture as a Verb; Learning from Participatory Development, Subaltern Identities and Textual Values.
Originating from a disenfranchisement with the contemporary definition and realisation of Westernised architecture as a commodity and product, this thesis seeks to explore alternative examples of positive socio-spatial practice and agency. These alternative spatial practices and methodologies are …
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It's just a word : CALL, French verbs and mixed-ability pupils
… decline of grammatical accuracy, particularly in verb use, in the French produced by mixed-ability pupils and university students alike.Theories of language acquisition are assessed and a limited amount of guidance emerges. French GCSE Examiners' Reports then provide a firm foundation for research …
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Learning verbs under referential uncertainty: The role of referential and syntactic contexts
Previous research on early verb learning has focused largely on how children acquire verbs in highly informative contexts. However, children often hear verbs in a variety of less informative circumstances. They hear verbs in the presence of multiple potential referents, and they hear verbs in the …
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Polysemous English phrasal verbs: EFL textbook distribution, students' receptive and productive knowledge and teachers' beliefs in the Greek Cypriot context
… such as idioms, collocations and phrasal verbs constitute an essential part of English vocabulary and a crucial element of foreign language learners’ communicative competence. While substantial research has been carried out on idioms and collocations comparatively fewer studies have …
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THE ACQUISITION OF PHRASAL VERBS THROUGH ENHANCED AUDIOVISUAL CAPTIONS. IMPLICATIONS FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SUBTITLING TOOL FOR EFL LEARNERS
… demonstrated a potential to enhance language learning, making them increasingly relevant for educators and researchers. Recent studies have underscored the effectiveness of textual input enhancement (TIE) techniques, which can highlight particular linguistic elements in audiovisual input to …
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Linking verbs to syntax
Language learning requires learners to balance the productive power of language with its many constraints (e.g., Bowerman, 1988). One of these constraints is verb bias. Verb bias refers to the likelihood of a verb to appear in one of the multiple structures that the verb is allowed to appear in. …