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  • A puzzle in Chinese dative shift 
    Chen, Jidong; Ai, Ruixi (The Ohio State University, 2008)
    This paper investigates the possible alternations between Dative Constructions and Direct Object Constructions in Chinese.1 It argues that the semantic constraint on such alternations as proposed by Pinker (1989), Gropen ...
  • Do classifier categories affect or reflect object concepts? 
    Chen, Jidong; Speed, Laura; Huettig, Falk; Majid, Asifa (Cognitive Science Society, 2016)
    We conceptualize objects based on sensorimotor information gleaned from real-world experience. To what extent is conceptual information structured according to higher-level linguistic features? We investigate whether ...
  • Encoding motion and state change in L2 Mandarin 
    Chen, Jidong; Ai, Ruixi (The Ohio State University, 2009)
    This paper investigates the crosslinguistic influences on the learning of encoding motion and state change in L2 Mandarin based on the linguistic typology motionmand state change (Talmy 1985, 2000; Slobin 2004). We conducted ...
  • "He cut-break the rope": encoding and categorizing "cutting and breaking" events in mandarin 
    Chen, Jidong (De Gruyter, )
    Mandarin categorizes cutting and breaking events on the basis of fine semantic distinctions in the causal action and the caused result. I demonstrate the semantics of Mandarin C&B verbs from the perspective of event encoding ...
  • The emergence of verb argument structure in Mandarin Chinese 
    Chen, Jidong (The Ohio State University, 2015)
    This study examines the emergent linguistic properties of the early production of verb argument structure in Mandarin Chinese. Longitudinal naturalist speech data of one Mandarin-learning child were coded and analyzed for ...