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Searching for Constructions with GrETEL
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GrETEL and Treebanks
Example Parse
Searching in treebanks
Searching with GrETEL
Searching with GrETEL: Limitations
Comparison with Google
Conclusions and Invitatio
Reusable Lexical Representations for Idioms
No full textIn this paper I introduce (1) a technically simple and highly theory-independent way for lexically representing flexible idiomatic expressions,
and (2) a procedure to incorporate these lexical representations in a wide variety of NLP systems. The method is based on
Structural EQuivalence Classes for Idioms and therefore called the SEQCI method. I illustrate the approach using the Rosetta MT system
as an example of an NLP system. I discuss the advantages and some possible objections to the method. I conclude that the method is
a good candidate for a standard for the lexical representation of idioms. The method also has the potential to be used for multi-word
expressions other than idioms
ISOCAT problems encountered in DUELME-LMF
No full textISOCAT problems encountered in DUELME-LMF (13 dia's in powerpoint presentatie, Nijmegen, 21 september 2010
CLARIN-NL: language resources and technology infrastructure for the humanities in the Netherlands
No full textCLARIN-NL: language resources and technology infrastructure for the humanities in the Netherlands (27 dia's in powerpoint presentatie
The Conceptual Copy Theory for the Origin of Language
No full textThe CC-Theory is, if correct, an attractive theory:
Almost all of (3b) is explained from a very small evolutionary change.
The character of the evolutionary change is biologically and evolutionary plausible.
Also Chomsky needs a second evolutionary event to account for externalization.
The CC-Theory makes a specific proposal for this, with a far wider scope than
just externalization.
GM is evolutionary young, but since it is modeled after C-I, which is evolutionary
much older, GM gets a rich evolutionary history 'for free'.
It provides a basis and a rationale for substantive universals involving formal
grammatical categories. It offers possibilities to merge insights from Cognitive Grammar ([Langacker
1999]) with grammar frameworks that assume autonomy of syntax.
It is falsifiable since it describes the components involved in language in the
human mind/brain. Our direct ancestor can be approximated by investigating
contemporary primates. Evidence can be obtained from linguistics, cognitive
science, psycholinguistics, biology/ neurophysiology /neuro-imaging of the human
brain itself and as compared to animal brains, etc. etc.
If it can be established for a significant set of grammatical categories, it might lead
to new opportunities for investigating the C-I component via the G-M component.However, research on it is not easy:
(a) It attempts to explain properties of GM (of which we think we know something)
on the basis of properties of C-I (of which we know that we know hardly anything).
(b) What we know of C-I often comes through language (so there is a danger of
circularity here).
(c) It is essential to obtain evidence on C-I that is independent of language
i. by showing that it plays a role in nonlinguistic beings such as primates or
other animals, or
ii. in prelinguistic beings such as very young children, or
iii. at the very least that there is evidence for a conceptual category independent
of the correlating grammatical category (e.g in a language that does not
distinguish the relevant grammatical category)
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