Linguistics and Languages

Detecting directional forces in the evolution of grammar: A case study of the English perfect with intransitives across EEBO, COHA, and Google Books

S. Okuda, M. Hosaka, et al.

This research by Shimpei Okuda, Michio Hosaka, and Kazutoshi Sasahara delves into the evolutionary forces driving the English perfect tense's transition from 'be+PP' to 'have+PP' constructions in intransitive verbs. Using extensive corpora analysis and a neural network model, the study reveals the dominance of natural selection in this grammatical shift.... show more

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