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    "pk": 30085,
    "title": "Frequency-dependent Regularization in Constituent Ordering Preferences",
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    "abstract": "We examine how idiosyncrasies of specific verbs in syntac-tic constructions affect constituent ordering preferences. Pre-vious work on binomial expressions in English has demon-strated that the polarization of ordering preferences for a givenbinomial type depends on its overall frequency. The higherthe frequency of a binomial type, the stronger and more ex-treme preference/regularization language users will have forone alternative over the other (e.g. “facts and techniques” >“techniques and facts”; “bread and butter” >>> “butter andbread”). Here using the dative constructions in English as thetest case, we show that the same frequency-dependent regular-ization exists in syntactic structures above the word level. Themore frequent a dative construction type is, governed by thehead verb, the stronger preference there is for one alternationover the other. Further, we present evidence that the regulariza-tion patterns can be accounted for via iterated learning model-ing of language change, suggesting that frequency-dependentregularization emerges via the interactions between languageproduction, language learning and cultural transmission.",
    "language": "eng",
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    },
    "keywords": [
        {
            "word": "idiosyncratic preference; regularization bias; da-tive construction; iterated learning"
        }
    ],
    "section": "Poster Session 3",
    "is_remote": true,
    "remote_url": "https://escholarship.org/uc/item/6f76q2zk",
    "frozenauthors": [
        {
            "first_name": "Zoey",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Liu",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, Davis",
            "department": ""
        },
        {
            "first_name": "Emily",
            "middle_name": "",
            "last_name": "Morgan",
            "name_suffix": "",
            "institution": "University of California, Davis",
            "department": ""
        }
    ],
    "date_submitted": null,
    "date_accepted": null,
    "date_published": "2020-01-01T18:00:00Z",
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