Dimensions of constructional meanings in the German Constructicon: why collo-profiles matter
- A constructicon, i.e., a structured inventory of constructions, essentially aims at documenting functions of lexical and grammatical constructions. Among other parameters, so-called constructional collo-profiles, as introduced by Herbst (2018, 2020), are conclusive for determining constructional meanings. They provide information on how relevant individual words are for construction slots, they hint at usage preferences of constructions and serve as a helpful indicator for semantic peculiarities of constructions. However, even though collo-profiles constitute an indispensable component of constructicon entries, they pose major challengers for constructicographers: For a constructicographic enterprise it is not feasible to conduct collostructional analyses for hundreds or even thousands of constructions. In this article, we introduce a procedure based on the large language model BERT that allows to predict collo-profiles without having to extensively annotate instances of constructions in a given corpus. Specifically, by discussing the constructions X macht Y ADJP (‘x makes Y ADJ’, e.g. he drives him crazy) and N1 PREP N1 (e.g., bumper to bumper, constructions over constructions), we show how the developed automated system generates collo-profiles based on a limited number of annotated instances. Finally, we place collo-profiles alongside other dimensions of constructional meanings included in the German Constructicon.
Author: | Alexander ZiemORCiDGND, Tim FeldmüllerORCiDGND |
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URN: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:mh39-125106 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1515/gcla-2023-0010 |
ISSN: | 2197-2796 |
Parent Title (English): | Yearbook of the German Cognitive Linguistics Association |
Publisher: | de Gruyter |
Place of publication: | Berlin/Boston |
Document Type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first Publication: | 2023 |
Date of Publication (online): | 2024/02/20 |
Publishing Institution: | Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS) [Zweitveröffentlichung] |
Publicationstate: | Zweitveröffentlichung |
Reviewstate: | Peer-Review |
Tag: | BERT; Large Language Models; collo-profile; constructicography; constructional meaning; reduplication construction |
GND Keyword: | Computerlinguistik; Deutsch; Kognitive Linguistik; Konstruktion <Linguistik>; Reduplikation |
Volume: | 11 |
Issue: | 1 |
First Page: | 203 |
Last Page: | 226 |
Note: | de Gruyter-Transformationsvertrag LLH1 |
DDC classes: | 400 Sprache / 400 Sprache, Linguistik |
Open Access?: | ja |
Leibniz-Classification: | Sprache, Linguistik |
Linguistics-Classification: | Computerlinguistik |
Linguistics-Classification: | Psycholinguistik / Kognitive Linguistik |
Program areas: | Digitale Sprachwissenschaft |
Licence (German): | Urheberrechtlich geschützt |