Reali Florencia
Department of Psychology, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota.
CIBPSI, Universidad de la República, Montevideo.
Cogn Sci. 2017 Nov;41(8):2170-2190. doi: 10.1111/cogs.12459. Epub 2016 Nov 30.
Multiple constraints, including semantic, lexical, and usage-based factors, have been shown to influence dative alternation across different languages. This work explores whether fine-grained statistics and semantic properties of the verb affect the acceptability of dative constructions in Spanish. First, a corpus analysis reveals that verbs of different semantic classes occur naturally in alternative dative constructions, a pattern quite different from English. The fact that dative alternation appears independent of semantic classes challenges traditional semantic-based approaches. Second, acceptability rating tasks reveal that dative constructions containing highly entrenched word combinations and frequent word order are judged more acceptable regardless of the verbs' semantics. The results are interpreted in favor of usage-based accounts: Acceptability of dative constructions may be language-specific and depend on patterns of use and conventionalization.
包括语义、词汇和基于用法的因素在内的多种限制条件已被证明会影响不同语言中的与格交替。这项研究探讨了动词的细粒度统计信息和语义属性是否会影响西班牙语中与格结构的可接受性。首先，语料库分析表明，不同语义类别的动词自然地出现在交替与格结构中，这一模式与英语有很大不同。与格交替似乎独立于语义类别这一事实挑战了传统的基于语义的方法。其次，可接受性评级任务表明，无论动词的语义如何，包含高度固定的词组合和频繁词序的与格结构被认为更可接受。研究结果支持基于用法的解释：与格结构的可接受性可能因语言而异，并取决于使用模式和约定俗成。
