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Verb-argument lability and its correlations with other typological parameters. A quantitative corpus-based study ...
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Abstract:
We investigate the correlations between A- and P-lability for verbal arguments with other typological parameters using large, syntactically annotated corpora of online news in 28 languages. To estimate how much lability is observed in a language, we measure associations between Verbs or Verb + Noun combinations and the alternating constructions in which they occur. Our correlational analyses show that high P-lability scores correlate strongly with the following parameters: little or no case marking; weaker associations between lexemes and the grammatical roles A and P; rigid order of Subject and Object; and a high proportion of verb-medial clauses (SVO). Low P-lability correlates with the presence of case marking, stronger associations between nouns and grammatical roles, relatively flexible ordering of Subject and Object, and verb-final order. As for A-lability, it is not correlated with any other parameters. A possible reason is that A-lability is a result of more universal discourse processes, such as ... : Linguistic Typology at the Crossroads, Vol. 2 No. 1 (2022) ...
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URL: https://typologyatcrossroads.unibo.it/article/view/13861
https://dx.doi.org/10.6092/issn.2785-0943/13861
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