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Learner corpora research: Acquisition of ditransitive constructions
2018. urn:nbn:hr:162:671160
Proroković, Jakov
University of Zadar
Department of English

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Proroković, J. (2018). Learner corpora research: Acquisition of ditransitive constructions (Master's thesis). Zadar: University of Zadar. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:671160

Proroković, Jakov. "Learner corpora research: Acquisition of ditransitive constructions." Master's thesis, University of Zadar, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:671160

Proroković, Jakov. "Learner corpora research: Acquisition of ditransitive constructions." Master's thesis, University of Zadar, 2018. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:671160

Proroković, J. (2018). 'Learner corpora research: Acquisition of ditransitive constructions', Master's thesis, University of Zadar, accessed 23 December 2024, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:671160

Proroković J. Learner corpora research: Acquisition of ditransitive constructions [Master's thesis]. Zadar: University of Zadar; 2018 [cited 2024 December 23] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:671160

J. Proroković, "Learner corpora research: Acquisition of ditransitive constructions", Master's thesis, University of Zadar, Zadar, 2018. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:162:671160

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TitleLearner corpora research: Acquisition of ditransitive constructions
Title (croatian)Istraživanje učeničkog korpusa: Usvajanje ditranzitivnih konstrukcija
AuthorJakov Proroković
MentorLidija Štrmelj (mentor)
Committee memberLidija Štrmelj (predsjednik povjerenstva)
Committee memberIvo Fabijanić (član povjerenstva)
Committee memberMarco Angster (član povjerenstva)
GranterUniversity of Zadar
(Department of English)
Zadar
Defense date and country2018-09-25, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
Language acquisition remains one of the most mysterious processes that modern linguistics has yet to fully understand and explain. This thesis utilizes the data from the CHILDES corpus by looking at the production of ditransitive constructions across age groups. The data compared includes 0-3, 4-6 and 18+ age groups (the size of other subcorpora was too small for comparative purposes). This research targeted only “double-object dative” ditransitives (VP → NP1 → NP2) and did not include the “prepositional dative” variation (VP → NP → PP). The main research questions are concerned with the structural characteristics of ditransitive constructions across different age groups, frequency of ditransitive usage and verb selection in ditransitive constructions across different age groups. First, the results show a high similarity in the dispersion of constructions and their internal structure between age groups. Secondly, the use of ditransitive constructions rises with the progression of age. Thirdly, the range of verbs used across age groups differed (due to obvious vocabulary differences), but the hierarchy in verb selection again showed a striking similarity (the same verbs occupied almost equal portions of ditransitive uses in all three age groups). The research has shown that the input holds primacy over language acquisition, which appears to be an incremental process relying on cognitive abilities.
Abstract (croatian)
Usvajanje jezika je i dalje jedan od najzagonetnijih procesa kojeg moderna lingvistika još treba razumjeti i objasniti. Ovaj diplomski rad koristi podatke iz CHILDES korpusa promatrajući produkciju ditranzitivnih konstrukcija u različitim dobnim skupinama. Proučavani podatci uključuju dobne skupine od 0-3, 4-6 i 18+ (veličina ostalih podkorpusa bila je premala za komparativne svrhe). U istraživanje su uključene samo ditranzitivne konstrukcije s dva objekta u dativu (VP → NP1 → NP2), dok je varijacija ditranzitiva s prijedložnim dativom (VP → NP → PP) izuzeta iz konačnog rezultata. Glavna istraživačka pitanja odnose se na strukturne karakteristike ditranzitivnih konstrukcija u različitim dobnim skupinama, učestalost korištenja ditranzitivnih konstrukcija te izbor i raspon glagola u ditranzitivnim konstrukcijama u različitim dobnim skupinama. Rezultati su pokazali visoku sličnost u disperziji konstrukcija i njihovoj unutarnjoj strukturi među dobnim skupinama. Osim toga, uporaba ditranzitivnih konstrukcija povećava se sa starenjem. Nadalje, raspon glagola korišten u dobnim skupinama varira (zbog očitih razlika u vokabularu), ali hijerarhija u odabiru glagola je ponovo pokazala nevjerojatnu sličnost (isti su glagoli zauzimali jednak udio u korištenju ditranzitiva u sve tri dobne skupine). Istraživanje je pokazalo da input okoline igra ključnu ulogu u usvajanju jezika, te da se radi o postepenom procesu koji se oslanja na kognitivne sposobnosti.
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Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:162:671160
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major); specializations in: Teaching, Research
Course: Research
Study programme type: university
Study level: graduate
Academic / professional title: magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti (magistar/magistra engleskog jezika i književnosti)
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