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In:Constructicography: Constructicon development across languages
Edited by Benjamin Lyngfelt, Lars Borin, Kyoko Ohara and Tiago Timponi Torrent
[Constructional Approaches to Language 22] 2018
► pp. 141–163

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Chapter 5
Relations between frames and constructions

A proposal from the Japanese FrameNet constructicon

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Published online: 17 July 2018
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Abstract
This chapter discusses relations between frames and constructions, based on the constructicon-building project within the Japanese FrameNet (JFN) project. The aims are: to clarify distinctions between a framenet lexicon and a constructicon; and to contribute to the on-going discussion on whether all constructions are “meaning-bearing.” I will argue that a framenet analysis involves annotating frame-based syntactic/semantic structures of words (simple words and multiwords), while a constructicon annotation pertains to describing the internal and external syntax/semantics of linguistic objects that have complex structures. While maintaining that all constructions are meaning-bearing, I will point out that meaning structures of some constructions may not involve frames and propose a frame-based classification of constructions. Finally, I will suggest that a constructicon annotation needs both semantic frames and interactional frames.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.The need for constructicons
  • 3.Framenet annotations and constructicon annotations
  • 4.Constructions “without meanings” and the use of frames to represent meaning structures of constructions
  • 5.A five-way frame-based classification of constructions
    • 5.1Non frame-evoking constructions
      • 5.1.1Compositionally interpretable constructions
      • 5.1.2Constructions whose more elaborated constructions evoke frames of their own
      • 5.1.3Constructions that omit repetitive position-specific constituents
    • 5.2Frame-evoking constructions
      • 5.2.1Constructions evoking a semantic frame
      • 5.2.2Constructions evoking an interactional frame
  • 6.Summary and conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • References
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