Children Use Semantic Information About Which Sorts of Verbs Can

question 13

Multiple Choice

Children use semantic information about which sorts of verbs can and cannot participate in certain verb-argument structures. For example, verbs that convey information about motion in a specified direction can only occur in intransitive constructions. This idea is called the:

• A)Social interaction theory
• B)Semantic verb class hypothesis
• C)Contrastive hypothesis
• D)Formal learning theory
• E)Lexical verb class hypothesis

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