The term _______ is used to describe syntactic frames for verbs that specify whether and how they can occur with nouns and the role of those nouns when paired with specific verbs.
A) wh- island constraints
B) semantic bootstrapping
C) transitive verbs
D) verb islands

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Verb islands refer to the syntactic frames that specify how verbs can occur with nouns and the roles those nouns play, focusing on the specific syntactic and semantic properties of individual verbs.

The Term _______ Is Used to Describe Syntactic Frames for Verbs