Paper Info
Title
Constructions at argument-structure level in the SenSem Corpora
Abstract
In this paper we present the annotation scheme of constructions at the argument-structure level in the Spanish and Catalan Corpora SenSem. Constructions are accounted for as form-meaning pairs following the theoretical underpinning of Construction Grammar. Regarding meaning, we propose a hierarchy of constructions taking into account, at the highest level, the prominence of the logical subject in the sentence. Thus, we differentiate between and sentences, which is an innovative proposal to solve some terminological issues related to pronominal constructions in Spanish. We further develop this classification taking into account the semantic relation of the logical subject with the verb and its coindexation, if any, with other participants. As regards form, the basic features we consider are syntagmatic categories and syntactic functions. Furthermore, we annotate the form the verb requires, that is, if it requires a pronoun in order to convey a particular meaning. Other relevant contributions are the annotation of some linguistic phenomena not taken into account in other similar resources, such as reciprocal, dative or impersonal constructions. Finally, we present the frequencies of all these constructions in Spanish.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1007/s10579-015-9309-4
Language Resources and Evaluation
Keywords
DocType
Volume
Constructions,Subcategorization frames,Argument structure,Topicalization,Detopicalization,Pronominal constructions
Journal
49
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
3
1574-020X
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
3
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Glòria Vázquez162.72
Ana Fernández Montraveta293.17