Article published in:
Theory and Practice in Functional-Cognitive SpaceEdited by María de los Ángeles Gómez González, Francisco José Ruiz de Mendoza Ibáñez and Francisco Gonzálvez-García
[Studies in Functional and Structural Linguistics 68] 2014
► pp. 205–228
Interfacing the lexicon and an ontology in a linking system
Robert D. Van Valin Jr. | Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany & University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, USA
Ricardo Mairal-Usón | UNED, Spain
The aim of this paper is to discuss the repercussions of a conceptual orientation
on two crucial parts of the Role and Reference Grammar (RRG) linking
algorithm, that is, semantic representation and constructional schemas. Firstly,
it is argued that adopting FunGramKB’s notion of conceptual logical structure
(CLS) over standard RRG logical structures (LSs) has numerous advantages
since meaning has now access to conceptual knowledge and therefore a CLS
provides a format that goes beyond those aspects that are syntactically visible.
The second part introduces the notion of the grammaticon, the component
where constructional schemas actually reside. RRG constructional schemas are
analyzed within a conceptual framework like that provided in FunGramKB. In
essence, it is shown that a conceptual orientation to the RRG linking system by
the addition of CLSs enriches the semantic representations in it substantially.
Keywords: conceptual logical structures, constructions, lexicon, linking, ontology, Role and Reference Grammar
Published online: 22 July 2014
https://doi.org/10.1075/sfsl.68.09val
https://doi.org/10.1075/sfsl.68.09val
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