CONSTRUCTIONS IN COGNITIVE GRAMMAR

Constructions in Word Grammar

In this paper we consider the relationship between Word Grammar (WG) and Construction Grammar (CG). We first of all argue that the two frameworks share all of their fundamental assumptions, naming specifically the following: a requirement to deal with ‘noncore’ as well as central patterns, rejection of the traditional division between rules and separate lexical items, declarative monostratal gr...

Interrupting Constructions in a Rejuvenated Amazon Grammar

This paper reports on the latest rejuvenation of AMAZON, a structuralist parser for Dutch written sentences. Unlike older versions, the new AMAZON parser has been developed in a modular organization, with an empirical cycle containing evaluations on corpus material. This methodology facilitates the development by separate researchers, and it gives more insight into the actual performance of the...

On si constructions in Italian HPSG Grammar

(Re)defining component structures in morphological constructions: A Cognitive Grammar perspective

The study of words, parts of words, and word-formation is one of the fields of enquiry that has kept language philosophers and linguists busy for centuries. Despite this long tradition, the literature on word morphology sometimes remains rather imprecise, ambiguous and/or vague; for example, Tuggy (1992: 287) illustrates that “(d)efinitions, when given, are frequently circular to some degree or...

Discourse in Cognitive Grammar*

Cognitive Grammar presupposes an inherent and intimate relation between linguistic structures and discourse. Linguistic units are abstracted from usage events, retaining as part of their value any recurring facet of the interactive and discourse context. Linguistic structures thus incorporate discourse expectations and are interpretable as instructions to modify the current discourse state. The...