0. Introduction Whenever we learn a novel word, whatever its grammatical category, what we are learning is a label for a whole category of things in the world. The word “dog,” for example, refers not to an individual dog, but to the whole set of dog-like things in the world. Likewise, the word “jump” refers not to a single instance of jumping, but to an entire category of jumping events. A larg...

It has been suggested that children with autism are particularly deficient at imitating novel gestures or gestures without goals. In the present study, we asked high-functioning autistic children and age-matched typically developing children to imitate several types of gestures that could be either already known or novel to them. Known gestures either conveyed a communicative meaning (i.e., int...

https://doi.org/10.5128/ERYa19.14Artiklis vaadeldakse verbi vaatama sünonüümide transitiivseid ja intransitiivseid kasutusi. Eesmärk on selgitada, kas eri tähendusnüanssidega vaatamisverbid erinevad oma transitiivsete kasutuste regulaarsuse poolest.Vaatluse all 12 vaatama-verbi sünonüümi: kaema, vahtima, piiluma, kiikama, silmama, silmitsema, põrnitsema, jõllitama, kõõritama, jälgima, vaatlema ...

This article discusses the nature of Estonian aspect and case, proposing an analysis of Estonian verbal aspect, aspectual case, and clausal aspect. The focus is on the interaction of transitive telic verbs (write, win) and aspectual case at the level of the functional structure. The main discussion concerns the relationships between aspect and the object case alternation. The data set comprises...

Much work has demonstrated that speakers of verb-final languages are able to construct rich syntactic representations in advance of verb information. This may reflect general architectural properties of the language processor, or it may only reflect a language-specific adaptation to the demands of verb-finality. The present study addresses this issue by examining whether speakers of a verb-medi...

Abstract This paper seeks to explore the possibility that Spanish intransitive verbs showing middle marking with no associated change of valency are a source non-oppositional verbs. In order do so, study is conducted historical evolution middle-marked verb reír(se) ‘to laugh’ as well other semantically related (such alegrar(se) be happy, pleased’, regocijarse rejoice’ and burlar(se) , mofar(se)...