A Review on the Role of Token Frequency in the Acquisition of Argument Structures
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The role of frequency in second language acquisition has become an important focus among second language acquisition researchers. Argument structure, as one of the core topics of verbs, has always been the focus of academic attention. Frequency has a certain influence on second language construction acquisition, and the corresponding research is abundant. This paper reviews the research on the acquisition of argument structure construction with token frequency and its enlightenment to teaching, and puts forward some suggestions for future research.
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