Invited guest: Michael Ellsworth (International Computer Science Institute, FrameNet, Berkeley)
Topics & Aims:
Constructions are said to be pairings of form and meaning that can be both schematic (e.g. the ditransitive construction) or abstract (e.g. the predicate-subject construction). How can we determine the meaning(s) of constructions based on semantic annotations? The grammaticographic workshop brings together linguists who are facing the challenge of annotating grammatical constructions beyond frequency-related issues in quantitative corpus linguistics.
Methodologically, the workshop is based on preliminary work within the so-called FrameNet constructicon (e.g., Fillmore et al. 2012, for an overview: Ziem 2014). Important issues include, but are not limited to,
- Defining construction-related terminology
- Identifying construction elements, construction evoking elements, and triggers of constructions
- The “lumping-and-splitting” problem in grammaticography
- Modeling form and meaning of constructions and networks of constructions
- Determining the “depth” of the annotation
- Coping with discontinuous constructions.
Michael Ellsworth (ICSI, Berkeley) will join us as expert on the field of annotating both semantic frames and grammatical constructions. Although the major focus lies on practical issues, including hands-on sessions, there will be the opportunity of discussing issues arising from analyses of specific constructions addressed by the participants.
Training materials as well as coffee, drinks and snacks will be provided.
Schedule:
Monday, June 26, 2017
8:45 | Registration |
9:00-11:00 | - Brief participant self‐introduction |
- Introducing Frames and Constructions: concepts, issues, methods | |
o The FrameNet project | |
o The FrameNet constructicon | |
o Joint exercise | |
11:00‐11:15 | coffee break |
11:15‐13:00 | Annotating Frames and Constructions |
o Principles | |
o Guidelines (corpus research, annotation, review) | |
o Group exercises | |
o Review of group exercises | |
13:00-14:30 | Lunch break |
14:30‐16:00 | Hands‐on session: do it yourself |
- Brief presentation of the German Constructicon Project: Annotating with WebAnno | |
- Annotation at work: | |
o Stage 1: Gathering your examples | |
o Stage 2: Annotating your examples | |
o Stage 3: Reviewing your examples | |
16:00‐16:15 | coffee break |
16:15‐18:00 | Questions & discussions |
o Specific interests and tasks | |
o Discussing your issues and your examples | |
Reading and study material (homework) |
Location & Journey:
The workshop takes place on June 26th at the "Haus der Universität" in the city of Düsseldorf. For further information concerning direction and arrival see: http://www.hdu.hhu.de/en/service-page/contactdirections/map-and-directions-haus-der-universitaet-d-city.html.
Literature:
Recommended reading:
Boas, Hans C. & Ryan Dux (in press). From the past into the present: from case frames to semantic frames. In: Linguistic Vanguard (DRAFT, for personal use only!)
Goldberg, Adele (2003). Constructions: a new approach to language. In: Trends in Cognitive Science 7 (5), 219-224.
Lee-Goldman, Russell & Miriam Petruck (in press). The FrameNet Construction in Action: Benjamin Lyngfelt, Lars Borin, Kyoko Hirose Ohara & Tiago T. Torrent (eds.): Constructicography. Constructicon development across languages. Amsterdam: Benjamins. (DRAFT, for personal use only!)
Lyngfelt, Benjamin (in press). Introduction: Constructions and Constructicography. In: Benjamin Lyngfelt, Lars Borin, Kyoko Hirose Ohara & Tiago T. Torrent (eds.): Constructicography. Constructicon development across languages. Amsterdam: Benjamins. (DRAFT, for personal use only!)
Additional reading:
Fillmore, Charles J. & Collin Baker (2010). A frames approach to semantic analysis. In: Bernd Heine & Heiko Narrog (eds.): The Oxford Handbook of Linguistic Analysis. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 313–340.
Fillmore, Charles J., Russell Lee-Goldman & Russell Rhomieux (2012). The FrameNet Constructicon. In: Hans C. Boas and Ivan A. Sag (eds.): Sign-based Construction Grammar. Stanford: CSLI Publications, 309-372.
Kay, Paul & Charles J. Fillmore (1999). Grammatical constructions and linguistic generalizations: The ‘What’s X doing Y?‘ Construction. Language 75, 1–33.
Torrent, Tiago T. & Michael Ellsworth (2013). Behind the labels: criteria for defining analytical categories in framenet brasil. In: Veredas: Frame Semantics and Its Technological Applications 17(1):44–65.
Sag, Ivan A., Hans C. Boas & Paul Kay (2012). Introducing Sign-based Construction Grammar. In: Hans C. Boas & Ivan A. Sag (eds.), Sign-based Construction Grammar. Stanford: CSLI Publications, 1-29.
Sag, Ivan A. (2012). Sign-based Construction Grammar: an informal synopsis. In: Hans C. Boas & Ivan A. Sag (eds.): Sign-based Construction Grammar. Stanford: CSLI Publications, 69-202.
Ziem, Alexander (2014). Von der Kasusgrammatik zum FrameNet: Frames, Konstruktionen und die Idee eines Konstruktikons. In: Alexander Ziem & Alexander Lasch (eds.): Grammatik als Inventar von Konstruktionen? Sprachwissen im Fokus in der Konstruktionsgrammatik. Berlin/New York: de Gruyter, S. 263-290.