Learning Argument Structure Generalizations

There is evidence that adults retain much verb-specific knowledge as well. Verbs are occasionally quite idiosyncratic in the types of argument structure patterns they appear in (Bresnan, 1982; Chomsky, 1965; Pollard & Sag, 1987). For example, the near synonyms help and aid differ in their distribution: Pat helped her grandmother walk up the stairs. ................
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