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&lt;td&gt;Online acceptability-judgment task (Likert 1–5), &lt;em&gt;2×3&lt;/em&gt; (Verb Type × Pragmatic Condition)&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;SV&lt;/strong&gt; preferred overall; &lt;strong&gt;VS&lt;/strong&gt; favored with unaccusatives.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Verb type&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;pragmatic condition&lt;/strong&gt; jointly predict acceptability.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Region&lt;/strong&gt; not predictive in these data.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Supports a link between &lt;strong&gt;argument structure&lt;/strong&gt; &amp;amp; &lt;strong&gt;information structure&lt;/strong&gt; (Unaccusative Hypothesis).&lt;/li&gt;
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