Varying strategies for processing “loose” argument structure in West Germanic languages

Permissive subjects are non-agentive subjects combined with action verbs in the active form (e. g., “A few years ago a penny would buy you two or three pins”; “The tentsleeps four people”), hardly found in German compared to English. For this contrast, previous research offers an explanation related...

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Main Authors: Anne Renzel, Gunther De Vogelaer, Jens Bölte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2025-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Language Sciences
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/flang.2025.1529973/full
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