4.3. Bresnan and Ford (2010)

Source

Bresnan, Joan and Marilyn Ford (2010). Predicting syntax: processing dative constructions in American and Australian varieties of English. Language 86. 168–213.

Overview

The article documents an earlier version of Bresnan and Ford’s study and goes into greater detail than chapter 16. For example, it provides background information on related studies. It also discusses all factors influencing dative alternation and provides many statistical details.

Assessment

The article offers useful additional information on Bresnan’s and Ford’s corpus analysis and psycholinguistic experiments, which facilitates comparisons of future studies with theirs. However, the explanations on statistical methods require prior knowledge in this field.

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