Computational Construction Grammar
Published: May 8, 2024
This
Element
introduces
a
usage-based
computational
approach
to
Construction
Grammar
that
draws
on
techniques
from
natural
language
processing
and
unsupervised
machine
learning.
work
explores
how
represent
constructions,
learn
constructions
corpus,
arrange
the
in
grammar
as
network.
From
theoretical
perspective,
this
examines
construction
grammars
emerge
usage
alone
complex
systems,
with
slot-constraints
learned
at
same
time
are
learned.
practical
is
accompanied
by
Python
package
which
enables
linguists
incorporate
into
their
own
corpus-based
work.
The
experiments
important
for
testing
learnability,
variability,
confirmability
of
theory
language.
All
code
examples
will
leverage
cloud
computing
platform
Code
Ocean
guide
readers
through
implementation
these
algorithms.
Language: Английский
Syntactic variation across the grammar: modelling a complex adaptive system
Frontiers in Complex Systems,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
1
Published: Sept. 29, 2023
While
language
is
a
complex
adaptive
system,
most
work
on
syntactic
variation
observes
few
individual
constructions
in
isolation
from
the
rest
of
grammar.
This
means
that
grammar,
network
which
connects
thousands
structures
at
different
levels
abstraction,
reduced
to
disconnected
variables.
paper
quantifies
impact
such
reductions
by
systematically
modelling
dialectal
across
49
local
populations
English
speakers
16
countries.
We
perform
dialect
classification
with
both
an
entire
grammar
as
well
isolated
nodes
within
order
characterize
differences
between
these
dialects.
The
results
show,
first,
many
are
subject
but,
isolation,
none
whole.
indicates
important
part
consists
interactions
parts
Second,
show
similarity
dialects
depends
heavily
sub-set
being
observed:
for
example,
New
Zealand
could
be
more
similar
Australian
phrasal
verbs
but
same
time
UK
dative
phrases.
Language: Английский
Signed Language and Cognitive Grammar
Published: Dec. 5, 2024
This
Elements
monograph
presents
a
Cognitive
Grammar
(CG)
approach
to
range
of
signed
language
grammatical
phenomena.
It
begins
with
background
on
the
history
sign
linguistics,
focusing
what
was
widely-held
belief
that
signs
are
simply
gestures.
The
first
section
traces
modern
linguistic
examination
languages,
Stokoe
and
his
demonstration
these
languages
exhibit
phonology
duality
patterning.
Next,
we
present
some
fundamental
principles
foundational
for
cognitive
linguistics
linguistics.
In
Grammar,
brief
overview
CG
principles,
constructs,
models.
Section
4
extensive
analyses
constructions
applying
CG,
including
nominal
grounding;
concepts
Place
placing;
'agreement'
in
languages;
reported
dialogue;
modality;
meaning
facial
displays.
A
final
examines
controversial
role
gesture
constructions.
Language: Английский