Constructions in the Lexical Constructional Model
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Christopher S. Butler
Abstract
This article discusses the concept of construction in the Lexical Constructional Model, focusing on tensions, concerned largely with the relationship between meaning and form in constructions, which have arisen in the model as a result of contributions from three different groups of scholars: functionalists, cognitivists and computational linguists/computer scientists. The article examines precursors of the LCM which made use of ideas from Role and Reference Grammar, and then assesses the influence of the cognitivist contribution and the later input from the computational knowledge base, FunGramKB, also based partly on RRG. Finally, it summarises recent work in RRG, suggesting that the new proposals for treating constructional schemas as central to RRG could prove useful in working towards solutions of the problems arising within the LCM.
Abstract
This article discusses the concept of construction in the Lexical Constructional Model, focusing on tensions, concerned largely with the relationship between meaning and form in constructions, which have arisen in the model as a result of contributions from three different groups of scholars: functionalists, cognitivists and computational linguists/computer scientists. The article examines precursors of the LCM which made use of ideas from Role and Reference Grammar, and then assesses the influence of the cognitivist contribution and the later input from the computational knowledge base, FunGramKB, also based partly on RRG. Finally, it summarises recent work in RRG, suggesting that the new proposals for treating constructional schemas as central to RRG could prove useful in working towards solutions of the problems arising within the LCM.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- Controller-controllee relations in purposive constructions 1
- Transitivity, constructions, and the projection of argument structure in RRG 23
- Constructions in RRG 41
- A constructional perspective on clefting in Persian 67
- Radical Role and Reference Grammar (RRRG) 103
- Constructions as grammatical objects 143
- Constructions in Role and Reference Grammar 179
- Towards a model of constructional meaning for natural language understanding 205
- Meaning construction, meaning interpretation and formal expression in the Lexical Constructional Model 231
- Constructions in the Lexical Constructional Model 271
- From idioms to sentence structures and beyond 295
- Index 331
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Introduction vii
- Controller-controllee relations in purposive constructions 1
- Transitivity, constructions, and the projection of argument structure in RRG 23
- Constructions in RRG 41
- A constructional perspective on clefting in Persian 67
- Radical Role and Reference Grammar (RRRG) 103
- Constructions as grammatical objects 143
- Constructions in Role and Reference Grammar 179
- Towards a model of constructional meaning for natural language understanding 205
- Meaning construction, meaning interpretation and formal expression in the Lexical Constructional Model 231
- Constructions in the Lexical Constructional Model 271
- From idioms to sentence structures and beyond 295
- Index 331
