The English conative alternation between complexity effects and lexical biases: a historical perspective
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Result code in IS VaVaI
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/langcog.2025.10007" target="_blank" >10.1017/langcog.2025.10007</a>
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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The English conative alternation between complexity effects and lexical biases: a historical perspective
Original language description
This paper presents an in-depth study of the English conative construction (hit the ball vs hit at the ball), a particular case of variation between NP- and PP-patterns. Approaching the phenomenon from a usage-based, cognitive perspective, the study is interested in the different factors driving this alternation, specifically in the interaction of lexical effects on the one hand and high-level predictors relating to processing complexity on the other hand. More specifically, the paper explores the diachronic dimension of these effects, using corpus data from Middle English to Late Modern English (Penn-Helsinki Corpora of Historical English; 1150–1914). To assess the relative impact of the variables, the study compares the traditionally used methods of collostructional analysis and logistic regression to a more recent tool, namely elastic net regression. The findings ultimately indicate that while complexity does seem to play a role in this alternation, there are also strong lexical effects.
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Classification
Type
J<sub>ost</sub> - Miscellaneous article in a specialist periodical
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)
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Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Language and Cognition
ISSN
1866-9808
e-ISSN
1866-9859
Volume of the periodical
17
Issue of the periodical within the volume
2025
Country of publishing house
US - UNITED STATES
Number of pages
1
Pages from-to
e50
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