In this paper, we describe our methods to detect noun compounds and light verb constructions in running texts. For noun compounds, dictionary-based methods and POStagging seem to contribute most to the performance of the system whereas for light verb constructions, the combination of POStagging, syntactic information and restrictions on the nominal and verbal component yield the best result. Ho...

We discuss two constructions (long scrambling and ECM verbs) which challenge most syntactic theories (including traditional TAG approaches) since they seem to require exceptional mechanisms and postulates. We argue that these constructions should in fact be analyzed in a similar manner, namely as involving a verb which selects for a " defective " complement. These complements are defective in t...

Abstract This paper focuses on two main issues regarding syntactic alternations and their development over time. On the one hand, it discusses diachronic implications of as involving multiple (rather than binary) choices. other shows that while studies are typically interested in emergence alternation relationships, there also cases loss such. is illustrated by zooming history a particular set ...

The paper deals with interpretative verbs as established by (Apresjan 2004) and interpretative converb constructions as established by (Boguslavskij 1977) and afterwards discussed in a cross-linguistic typological perspective in (Haspelmath & König 1995). It is shown that Apresjan’s approach offers a key to the semantics of converb (DEEPR) constructions. Special attention is paid to converb con...

In this paper, we propose an approach for studying the semantic representations of comparison words and comparative constructions based on the framework of E-HowNet. Our objective is to determine how the semantic composition mechanism works. The proposed method establishes a mapping between grammatical structures and fine-grained event structures for comparative constructions. We encode the eve...

Clause Union Laws require causee nominals to assume the relation of direct object or indirect object depending on the transitivity of corresponding non-causative constructions (Perlmutter & Postal 1974) or in accordance with the language specific rules (Gibson & Raposo 1986) in forming causative constructions. However, the causee nominals in Korean syntactic causatives are nominatively, accusat...

The ability of children to generalize over the linguistic input they receive is key to acquiring productive knowledge of verbs. Such generalizations help children extend their learned knowledge of constructions to a novel verb, and use it appropriately in syntactic patterns previously unobserved for that verb—a key factor in language productivity. Computational models can help shed light on the...

Although Multiple Subject Constructions in Korean have received significant attention in theoretical literature, few experimental investigations of various syntactic and semantic properties of these constructions have been conducted. In this study, we administered a Magnitude Estimation (ME) experiment in order to compare the acceptability of Multiple Subject and related Single Subject Construc...

We apply the C4.5 decision tree learner in interpreting Japanese relative clause constructions, based around shallow syntactic and semantic processing. In parameterising data for use with C4.5, we propose and test various means of reducing intraclausal interpretational ambiguity, and cross indexing the overall analysis of cosubordinated relative clause constructions. We additionally investigate...

Using data from a range of Australian languages, in this paper we argue for an analysis of various nominal appositional structures as syntactic coordinations (i.e. as hybrid f-structures) in LFG. We show that this provides a simple and straightforward account of the surface syntactic similarities among a range of juxtaposed construction types, while the differences between the constructions can...