Bai Li

Word class flexibility: A deep contextualized approach

2020 · arXiv (Cornell University)

Word class flexibility refers to the phenomenon whereby a single word form is used across different grammatical categories. Extensive work in linguistic typology has sought to characterize word class flexibility across languages, but quantifying this …

Neural reality of argument structure constructions

2022 · arXiv (Cornell University)

In lexicalist linguistic theories, argument structure is assumed to be predictable from the meaning of verbs. As a result, the verb is the primary determinant of the meaning of a clause. In contrast, construction grammarians …