The argument structure of psych-verbs: A quantitative corpus study on cognitive entrenchment

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The argument structure of psych-verbs: A quantitative corpus study on cognitive entrenchment 1 Introduction Psych-verbs and argument structure alternationsPsych-verbs exhibit a fairly large variation in argument structure patterns, as the following examples from German show.Many of these verbs allow alternations between stimuli and experiencers in subject position (1a vs. 1b), between nominal and clausal realizations of arguments (1a vs. 1c, 1b vs. 1d), between inanimate and agent-like animate stimuli (1a vs. 1e), between simple stimuli and "split-stimuli" that are spread out over two constituents, a subject NP and a PP (1a vs. 1f), and between explicit and implicit argument realization (1b vs. 1g).(1) a. Rebeccas bosartige Bemerkung argerte Jamaal.Rebecca's malicious remark.NOM anger.3sc.PST Jamaal.ACC 'Rebecca's malicious remark angered Jamaal.' b.Jamaal argerte sich uber Rebeccas bosartige Bemerkung.Jamaal.NOM anger.3sc.PST r f l over Rebecca's malicious remark.ACC 'Jamaal was/became angry about Rebecca's malicious remark.' c.Dass Rebecca so eine bosartige Bemerkung gemacht hatte, that Rebecca had made such a malicious remark argerte Jamaal.anger.3sc.

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