A design pattern for argument structure constructions
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Remi van Trijp
Abstract
This paper presents a design pattern for handling argument structure and offers a concrete operationalization of this pattern in Fluid Construction Grammar. Argument structure concerns the mapping between ‘participant structure’ (who did what to whom) and instances of ‘argument realization’ (the linguistic expression of participant structures). This mapping is multilayered and indirect, which poses great challenges for grammar design. In the proposed design pattern, lexico-phrasal constructions introduce their semantic and syntactic potential of linkage. Argument structure constructions, then, select from this potential the values that they require and implement the actual linking.
Abstract
This paper presents a design pattern for handling argument structure and offers a concrete operationalization of this pattern in Fluid Construction Grammar. Argument structure concerns the mapping between ‘participant structure’ (who did what to whom) and instances of ‘argument realization’ (the linguistic expression of participant structures). This mapping is multilayered and indirect, which poses great challenges for grammar design. In the proposed design pattern, lexico-phrasal constructions introduce their semantic and syntactic potential of linkage. Argument structure constructions, then, select from this potential the values that they require and implement the actual linking.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
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Part I. Introduction
- Introducing Fluid Construction Grammar 3
- A first encounter with Fluid Construction Grammar 31
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Part II. Grammatical structures
- A design pattern for phrasal constructions 71
- A design pattern for argument structure constructions 115
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Part III. Managing processing
- Search in linguistic processing 149
- Organizing constructions in networks 181
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Part IV. Case studies
- Feature matrices and agreement 205
- Construction sets and unmarked forms 237
- Syntactic indeterminacy and semantic ambiguity 265
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Part V. Fluidity and robustness
- How to make construction grammars fluid and robust 301
- Index 331
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Foreword vii
-
Part I. Introduction
- Introducing Fluid Construction Grammar 3
- A first encounter with Fluid Construction Grammar 31
-
Part II. Grammatical structures
- A design pattern for phrasal constructions 71
- A design pattern for argument structure constructions 115
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Part III. Managing processing
- Search in linguistic processing 149
- Organizing constructions in networks 181
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Part IV. Case studies
- Feature matrices and agreement 205
- Construction sets and unmarked forms 237
- Syntactic indeterminacy and semantic ambiguity 265
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Part V. Fluidity and robustness
- How to make construction grammars fluid and robust 301
- Index 331