Questions tagged [construction-grammar]
The construction-grammar tag has no usage guidance.
10
questions
1
vote
0
answers
104
views
How to draw HPSG illustrations?
everyone!I want to draw HPSG pictures like this,what tools can I use? Are there any HPSG illustration generators like http://mshang.ca/syntree/ ?(that link is a syntax tree generator)
- 11
1
vote
1
answer
89
views
Are there any academic papers on the "Adjective like (article) Noun" construction/ phrase?
I am currently working on a paper about the "Adj like (article) Noun" construction. Some would consider that which comes after the "like"-part to be a prepositional phrase if "...
4
votes
6
answers
815
views
Do Modern Grammar Theories fall short in explaining Free Word Order?
Here's my childish challenge to generative grammar:
Could anyone give me an analysis of Russian sentence Мама мыла раму. (Mom washed the (window) frame.) from the point of view of modern grammar ...
- 932
5
votes
1
answer
133
views
Experimental support for construction grammar?
I realize there are many different instantiations of Construction Grammar (CxG), and I'm not necessarily tied to any particular version yet. I was curious if there are experiments that support CxG, or ...
- 576
3
votes
2
answers
103
views
Computational applications of construction grammars
Are there NLP applications (either natural language understanding or generation) which make use of the Construction Grammar framework? On a related note, does there exist a logically organized list ...
- 345
0
votes
0
answers
61
views
Generative vs Constructionist POV on Imperative's null subject
How might a constructionist approach to Imperative sentences respond to a Generative frammework in regards to an implied subject (;subject-less' sentences.
(Based on the focus point from the ...
1
vote
0
answers
116
views
New Scientist Article on Spoken Language? [closed]
I wondered if anyone had seen this article on Relational Frame Theory in the most recent edition of the New Scientist? It reports an active laboratory based research programme: https://www....
1
vote
0
answers
98
views
In construction grammar, is extraction a property of the construction or a separate construction?
I have a question regarding the notion of 'construction' in construction grammar. When a construction, say a coordination or a prepositional phrase or something, allows or doesn't allow extraction, is ...
- 73
7
votes
2
answers
966
views
What are the standard/best arguments against Construction Grammar?
Introductions to Construction Grammar's "construct-i-con" model often include explicit arguments against the "lexicon and rules" model on the grounds that the latter is less equipped to deal with ...
- 433
1
vote
1
answer
2k
views
What is this 'OBL'?
I'm reading Goldberg's Constructions and find her employing the symbol 'OBL' to represent a category of syntactic constituent.
SUBJ OBL OBJ
I take it that 'OBL' is read 'oblique' in some sense; ...
- 1,490