Noun-verb conversion between the poles of predictability and idiosyncrasy: How do denominal verbs build their argument structures? by Heike Baeskow

Probabilistic reduction and constructionalization: a usage-based diachronic account of the diffusion and conventionalization of the Spanish la de  <noun> que construction by Marttinen Larsson Matti

“…It is argued that the initial omission of cantidad can be accounted for by appealing to the notion of probabilistic reduction, whereby omission is feasible in contexts involving a high degree of constructional predictability. In the mapping out of change, conventionalization of the innovative la de <noun> que is most observable in contexts involving high constructional predictability and is least prominent in contexts of low constructional predictability. …”
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The role of constructions in understanding predictability measures and their correspondence to word duration by Bybee Joan, Brown Earl Kjar

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The Predictive Processing of Number Information in L1 and L2 Arabic Speakers by Alaa Alzahrani

“…Increased L2 proficiency did not influence anticipatory eye-movements during the verb region, and only emerged as significant during the noun region. These results confirm and extend earlier research on L1 and L2 number predictive processing.…”
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Semantic surprise predicts the N400 brain potential by Alma Lindborg, Lea Musiolek, Dirk Ostwald, Milena Rabovsky

“…We devise a Bayesian sequential learner model to derive trial-by-trial semantic surprise in a semantic oddball like roving paradigm experiment, where single nouns from different semantic categories are presented in sequences. …”
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Spoken language-mediated anticipatory eye-movements are modulated by reading ability - Evidence from Indian low and high literates by Ramesh K. Mishra, Niharika Singh, Aparna Pandey, Falk Huettig

“…In the low literacy group this shift of eye gaze occurred only when the target noun (i.e. "door") was heard, more than a second later. …”
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Attitude of Students of Computer Science Specialites to Including Computer Simulators and Business Games in the Academic Process by Polina Mikisheva, Nazgul Mustafina

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Les exclamations cachées de la forme It’s astonishing the amount of anxiety in our society : l’enchâssement du syntagme nominal, entre rupture syntaxique et continuité sémantique... by Olivia Reneaud-Jensen

“…The aim of this study is to link the semantic and pragmatic parameters which predict whether a noun phrase can be embedded, the constraints which motivate the underlying rightward movement, and tendencies in terms of lexical affinities and productivity drawn from observations taken from the COCA.…”
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A Linguistic and Rhetorical Study of Collocation in Shahnameh by Maryam Tafaroji Yeganeh, Qmars Niksersht

“…The results indicate that  The application of all kinds of lexical collocations such as noun + noun , noun + adjective and noun + verb and associative collocation such as semantic association , phonetic association and syntactic and structural association and the existence of proportion and wide connections in conceptual relations network like hyponymy , polysemy , synonymy and semantic opposition applied in shahnameh can be of the most important and most high frequency coordinates of linguistic and literary level of Ferdowsi`s poem .…”
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Large Language Models for Automated Characterization of Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities using N-Shot Learning by Ayesha Dina, Elijah Needham, Denis Ulybyshev

“…Additionally, Llama achieves an F1-score of 83% in the mitigation noun group. …”
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NdeN et acquisition d’informations lexicales à partir du Trésor de la Langue Française Informatisé by Laurence Kister, Evelyne Jacquey

“…Such a list is then used to annotate corpora in order to predict the selection of the good nominal referent which can be the second noun or the entire NP (35% of referential expressions contain a concrete noun).…”
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Semantik Idiom Bahasa Inggris Yang Menggunakan Leksem Apple by Rizky Ainun Maftuhah, Mulyadi

“… Idiom is a language unit whose meaning cannot be predicted from the structure that composes it. In English idioms, many idioms use elements of fruit names. …”
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An eye-tracking study of reading long and short novel and lexicalized compound words by Jukka Hyönä, Alexander Pollatsek, Minna Koski, Henri Olkoniemi

“…The frequency of the head noun in modifier-head compound words was manipulated to tap into the degree of compositional processing. …”
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The Structural Simplification Hypothesis and the Premodifiers in Nigerian English by Mayowa Akinlotan

“…This paper conducts a corpus-based study of the occurrence/non-occurrence, structural pattern, and forms of the premodifier in the Nigerian English noun phrase, comparing the scenarios that emerge with those of the British and Ghanaian varieties of English. …”
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Breaking Down Greek Nominal Stems: Theme and Nominalizer Exponents by Giorgos Markopoulos

“…On the one hand, stem endings such as -<i>a(ð)</i>, -<i>i(ð)</i>, and -<i>a(t)</i> have a predictable distribution, as they are found in nouns with specific morphosyntactic properties and stress patterns. …”
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Acquisition Of Adjective Morphology and Agreement In Split Contexts By Adult L1 Turkish / L2 Russian Speakers by Dzmitry KULSHA, Filiz ÇELE

“…The research instrument is a Semantic Entailments task with short- and long-distance NP split d-linked wh-questions designed for the participants to assign the wh-word to either dative or accusative noun, respectively. The data came from adult L1 Turkish/L2 Russian learners and L1 Russian control group. …”
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Relative Clause Attachment Ambiguity Resolution in L1-Persian Learners of L2 English: The Effects of Semantic Priming and Proficiency by Mohammad Nabi Karimi, Eskandar Samadi, Esmat Babaii

“…The present study explored the effect of semantic priming in the resolution of ambiguous sentences containing Relative Clauses (RCs) preceded by a complex Noun Phrase (NP) by L1-Persian learners of L2 English. …”
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IN, THROUGH, WITH et l’expression de la causalité en anglais contemporain. Un exemple d’application des concepts de la TOPÉ by Lise Hamelin

“…This paper will examine utterances in which the preposition is followed by a compact (mass) noun refering to a temporary mental state, i.e. an emotion.More accurately, our goal is to analyse the subtle semantic differences between these markers and to understand and predict the scope of their synonymy. …”
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Are the Mental State Verbs Important For Roma Children’s Understanding of False Belief Task by Христо Кючуков

“…The resreach although limited has shown that sentences with mental state verbs in a combination with a noun phrase in a simple sentence are acquired around the age of 1;6. …”
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Where do new words like boobage, flamage, ownage come from? Tracking the history of ‑age words from 1100 to 2000 in the OED3 by Chris A. Smith

“…This filtering removed many false results, such as compounds carrying the noun age and the combining form ‑phage, as well as a multitude of derivatives of existing ‑age nouns, leaving a total of 921 definitive ‑age nominal derivatives. …”
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