Tanguy Dubois

List of John Benjamins publications for which Tanguy Dubois plays a role.

Articles

Previous research has given much attention to how native speakers of English and, to a lesser extent, speakers of World Englishes, choose between will and be going to to talk about the future. There is, however, a lack of research investigating how learners of English as a Foreign Language… read more
Dubois, Tanguy 2023 The Complexity Principle and lexical complexity in the English and Dutch dative alternationDitransitives in Germanic Languages: Synchronic and diachronic aspects, Zehentner, Eva, Melanie Röthlisberger and Timothy Colleman (eds.), pp. 325–364 | Chapter
This study investigates the effects of lexical complexity on the choice of dative alternants in English and Dutch. The lexical complexity of a given word is operationalized as being proportional to how quickly speakers can retrieve it from their mental lexicon, for which I consult the databases… read more