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Constructicography: Constructicon development across languagesEdited by Benjamin Lyngfelt, Lars Borin, Kyoko Ohara and Tiago Timponi Torrent
[Constructional Approaches to Language 22] 2018
► pp. 41–106
Chapter 3Constructicography at work
Theory meets practice in the Swedish constructicon
This chapter addresses central topics in constructicography from the viewpoint of the Swedish constructicon project (SweCcn), focusing on practical constructicon development. The full process of construction description is described and discussed, from selection via corpus analysis to finished constructicon entry and beyond, towards structuring the set of entries into a network. Particular attention is given to the description format and the treatment of constructional variation. A main theme in the chapter is the interdependence and alignment of SweCcn and related resources, on the one hand in the local context, notably the infrastructure of Språkbanken (the Swedish language bank), and on the other hand with respect to corresponding resources for other languages. Of key concern is the relation to FrameNet, both the Swedish and other framenets, and a major section is devoted to conditions for linking constructions and frames.
Keywords: constructicography, constructicon, construction, construction grammar, FrameNet, language technology, lexicography, Swedish
Article outline
- 1.Introduction
- 2.Constructicon site: the local context
- 2.1Språkbanken
- 2.2SweFN++ – a richly structured lexical macroresource for Swedish
- 2.2.1Results of the SweFN++ project: SweFN
- 2.2.2Results of the SweFN++ project: The lexical macroresource
- 2.2.3Results of the SweFN++ project: Karp
- 2.2.4Spinoff from the SweFN++ project: Korp
- 3.Building the constructicon
- 3.1Some brief notes on the constructicon entries
- 3.2Selection
- 3.2.1Collecting constructions out of authentic language use
- 3.2.2Collecting constructions from secondary sources
- 3.3Construction analyses
- 3.4Organizing the constructicon entries
- 4.Idealization and variation
- 4.1Descriptive adequacy: defining grammaticality or characterizing usage?
- 4.2Accounting for constructional variation
- 5.Constructions and frames
- 5.1Linking constructions and frames
- 5.2Frame-bearing constructions
- 5.2.1Argument structure constructions
- 5.2.2Formulas
- 5.2.3Grading constructions
- 5.2.4Figurative constructions/idioms
- 5.3Some non frame-bearing constructions
- 6.Description format
- 6.1General description
- 6.1.1Name and illustration
- 6.1.2Definition
- 6.1.3Structure sketch
- 6.1.4Authentic examples
- 6.2Elaborating the description
- 6.2.1Category
- 6.2.2Construction elements
- 6.2.3Type
- 6.2.4Keywords and common words
- 6.3Relating and commenting on the constructions
- 6.3.1Inheritance
- 6.3.2Frame and Berkeley ID
- 6.3.3Comment and reference
- 6.1General description
- 7.Using the constructicon
- 7.1Interface
- 7.2On potential applications
- 8.Discussion and outlook
- 8.1Relations between constructicon and FrameNet
- 8.2From construction dictionary to construction network
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Notes -
References
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Published online: 17 July 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.22.03lyn
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.22.03lyn
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