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A first encounter with Fluid Construction Grammar

Abstract

This chapter introduces the main mechanisms available in FCG for representing constructions and transient structures. It sketches the process whereby constructions are applied to expand transient structures and illustrates how templates are used to define constructions in a more abstract and modular way. Lexical constructions are used as the main source of examples.

Abstract

This chapter introduces the main mechanisms available in FCG for representing constructions and transient structures. It sketches the process whereby constructions are applied to expand transient structures and illustrates how templates are used to define constructions in a more abstract and modular way. Lexical constructions are used as the main source of examples.

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Foreword vii
  4. Part I. Introduction
  5. Introducing Fluid Construction Grammar 3
  6. A first encounter with Fluid Construction Grammar 31
  7. Part II. Grammatical structures
  8. A design pattern for phrasal constructions 71
  9. A design pattern for argument structure constructions 115
  10. Part III. Managing processing
  11. Search in linguistic processing 149
  12. Organizing constructions in networks 181
  13. Part IV. Case studies
  14. Feature matrices and agreement 205
  15. Construction sets and unmarked forms 237
  16. Syntactic indeterminacy and semantic ambiguity 265
  17. Part V. Fluidity and robustness
  18. How to make construction grammars fluid and robust 301
  19. Index 331
Design Patterns in Fluid Construction Grammar
This chapter is in the book Design Patterns in Fluid Construction Grammar
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.11.04ste

Chapters in this book

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Foreword vii
  4. Part I. Introduction
  5. Introducing Fluid Construction Grammar 3
  6. A first encounter with Fluid Construction Grammar 31
  7. Part II. Grammatical structures
  8. A design pattern for phrasal constructions 71
  9. A design pattern for argument structure constructions 115
  10. Part III. Managing processing
  11. Search in linguistic processing 149
  12. Organizing constructions in networks 181
  13. Part IV. Case studies
  14. Feature matrices and agreement 205
  15. Construction sets and unmarked forms 237
  16. Syntactic indeterminacy and semantic ambiguity 265
  17. Part V. Fluidity and robustness
  18. How to make construction grammars fluid and robust 301
  19. Index 331
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