Frequency vs. Association for Constraint Selection in Usage-Based Construction Grammar
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Abstract (arXiv)
A usage-based Construction Grammar (CxG) posits that slot-constraints generalize from common exemplar constructions. But what is the best model of constraint generalization? This paper evaluates competing frequency-based and association-based models across eight languages using a metric derived from the Minimum Description Length paradigm. The experiments show that association-based models produce better generalizations across all languages by a significant margin.
Key facts. Cited by 11 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). First posted on arXiv 11 Apr 2019.
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- 2022The Better Your Syntax, the Better Your Semantics? Probing Pretrained Language Models for the English Comparative Correlativecited by 35
- 2021Global Syntactic Variation in Seven Languages: Towards a Computational Dialectologycited by 11
- 2021Production vs Perception: The Role of Individuality in Usage-Based Grammar Inductioncited by 6
- 2021Learned Construction Grammars Converge Across Registers Given Increased Exposurecited by 6
- 2022Exposure and Emergence in Usage-Based Grammar: Computational Experiments in 35 Languagescited by 6
- 2025Constructions are Revealed in Word Distributionscited by 6
- 2022Stability of Syntactic Dialect Classification Over Space and Timecited by 5
- 2023Exploring the Constructicon: Linguistic Analysis of a Computational CxGcited by 3
- 2023Enhancing Language Representation with Constructional Information for Natural Language Understandingcited by 2
- 2023Syntactic Variation Across the Grammar: Modelling a Complex Adaptive Systemcited by 1
- 2024The Computational Learning of Construction Grammars: State of the Art and Prospective Roadmapcited by 1
- 2025Constructions are Revealed in Word Distributions8 Mar 2025
- 2024The Computational Learning of Construction Grammars: State of the Art and Prospective Roadmap10 Jul 2024
- 2023Syntactic Variation Across the Grammar: Modelling a Complex Adaptive System21 Sep 2023
- 2023Enhancing Language Representation with Constructional Information for Natural Language Understanding5 Jun 2023
- 2023Exploring the Constructicon: Linguistic Analysis of a Computational CxG30 Jan 2023
- 2022Exposure and Emergence in Usage-Based Grammar: Computational Experiments in 35 Languages25 Nov 2022
- 2022The Better Your Syntax, the Better Your Semantics? Probing Pretrained Language Models for the English Comparative Correlative24 Oct 2022
- 2022Stability of Syntactic Dialect Classification Over Space and Time11 Sep 2022
- 2021Learned Construction Grammars Converge Across Registers Given Increased Exposure12 Oct 2021
- 2021Production vs Perception: The Role of Individuality in Usage-Based Grammar Induction19 Apr 2021
- 2021Global Syntactic Variation in Seven Languages: Towards a Computational Dialectology3 Apr 2021