Constructing a frame-based language resource for sentence-meaning understanding

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24520437
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Keio University
• Principal Investigator: OHARA Kyoko 慶應義塾大学, 理工学部, 教授 (00286650)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 言語資源 / フレーム意味論 / 構文文法 / コーパス言語学 / 語彙意味論 / 認知言語学 / 日本語構文

Outline of Final Research Achievements

On the basis of analyses of Japanese constructions for the purpose of building a constructicon in the Japanese FrameNet (JFN) project, it became clear, through this research project, that grammatical constructions can be classified based on whether they evoke frames or not. Recognizing such a distinction among constructions enabled FrameNet-style linguistic resources to have a proper division of labor between frame annotations and construction annotations. Moreover, in addition to the three kinds of “meaningless” constructions which have been proposed already, this research project suggested that there is yet another subtype of constructions without meanings. Furthermore, the research project adds supported to the claim that there may be constructions without meanings (Fillmore, Lee-Goldman & Rhomieux, 2012) in a current debate concerning whether all constructions should be seen as meaning-bearing (Goldberg, 2006: 166-182).

Free Research Field

言語学