On the universality of frames
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Yoko Hasegawa
Abstract
This paper investigates the cross-linguistic applicability of the concept of frame as developed in the Berkeley FrameNet project. We examine whether the frames created for the annotation of English texts can also function as a tool for the assessment of the accuracy of English-to-Japanese translations. If the semantic structure of a source text is analyzed in terms of the frames evoked by its constituent words and the ways in which the elements of those frames are realized, then those frames, their constituent elements, and their interconnections must somehow be present in the translation. The paper concentrates on passages involving causation, as causal relationships are considered by many to exhibit the most salient differences in rhetorical preference between the two languages.
Abstract
This paper investigates the cross-linguistic applicability of the concept of frame as developed in the Berkeley FrameNet project. We examine whether the frames created for the annotation of English texts can also function as a tool for the assessment of the accuracy of English-to-Japanese translations. If the semantic structure of a source text is analyzed in terms of the frames evoked by its constituent words and the ways in which the elements of those frames are realized, then those frames, their constituent elements, and their interconnections must somehow be present in the translation. The paper concentrates on passages involving causation, as causal relationships are considered by many to exhibit the most salient differences in rhetorical preference between the two languages.
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
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Introduction
- Reflections on Constructions across Grammars 1
- On the borrowability of subject pronoun constructions in Turkish–Dutch contact 7
- On the universality of frames 35
- Phonological elements and Diasystematic Construction Grammar 67
- Clause combining across grammars 97
- Constructional tolerance 131
- Constructions do not cross Languages 169
- Index 203
Chapters in this book
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
-
Introduction
- Reflections on Constructions across Grammars 1
- On the borrowability of subject pronoun constructions in Turkish–Dutch contact 7
- On the universality of frames 35
- Phonological elements and Diasystematic Construction Grammar 67
- Clause combining across grammars 97
- Constructional tolerance 131
- Constructions do not cross Languages 169
- Index 203
