Divjak Dagmar
School of Languages & Cultures, The University of Sheffield.
Cogn Sci. 2017 Mar;41(2):354-382. doi: 10.1111/cogs.12335. Epub 2016 Mar 10.
A number of studies report that frequency is a poor predictor of acceptability, in particular at the lower end of the frequency spectrum. Because acceptability judgments provide a substantial part of the empirical foundation of dominant linguistic traditions, understanding how acceptability relates to frequency, one of the most robust predictors of human performance, is crucial. The relation between low frequency and acceptability is investigated using corpus- and behavioral data on the distribution of infinitival and finite that-complements in Polish. Polish verbs exhibit substantial subordination variation and for the majority of verbs taking an infinitival complement, the that-complement occurs with low frequency (<0.66 ipm). These low-frequency that-clauses, in turn, exhibit large differences in how acceptable they are to native speakers. It is argued that acceptability judgments are based on configurations of internally structured exemplars, the acceptability of which cannot reliably be assessed until sufficient evidence about the core component has accumulated.
多项研究报告称，频率并不能很好地预测可接受性，尤其是在频谱的低端。由于可接受性判断为占主导地位的语言传统提供了大量实证基础，理解可接受性与频率（人类语言表现最可靠的预测指标之一）之间的关系至关重要。本文利用波兰语中不定式和限定性that从句分布的语料库及行为数据，研究低频与可接受性之间的关系。波兰语动词表现出大量的从属变化，对于大多数带不定式补语的动词来说，that补语出现的频率较低（<0.66次/分钟）。反过来，这些低频的that从句在母语者眼中的可接受程度存在很大差异。本文认为，可接受性判断基于内部结构化范例的配置，在积累了足够的关于核心成分的证据之前，无法可靠地评估其可接受性。
