Article published in:
Verb Phrase and Fluid Construction Grammar
Edited by Luc Steels and Katrien Beuls
[Constructions and Frames 9:2] 2017
► pp. 278–301

An open-ended computational construction grammar for Spanish verb conjugation

| AI Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
The Spanish verb phrase can take on many forms, depending on the temporal, aspectual and modal interpretation that a speaker wants to convey. At least half a dozen constructions work together to build or analyze even the simplest verb form such as hablo ‘I speak’. This paper documents how the complete Spanish verb conjugation system can be operationalized in a computational construction grammar formalism, namely Fluid Construction Grammar. Moreover, it shows how starting from a seed grammar that handles regular morphology and grammar one can create a productive grammar that captures systematicity in Spanish verb conjugation and can expand its construction inventory when new verbs are encountered.
Keywords: Fluid Construction Grammar, Spanish verbs, grammar fragment, constructional morphology, construction learning
Published online: 30 December 2017
https://doi.org/10.1075/cf.00005.beu
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