Multiwords from Verb Complements

Light verb constructions (LVC), such as "give birth", and verb-particle constructions (VPC), such as "tear down", are not multiword terms in the Lexicon. They are recorded in the verb complement types in lexRecords of the associated verbs. On the other hand, they are considered as MWEs (multiword expressions) in some NLP applications (such as WordNet). In the past, the information on these types of multiwords requires an additional retrieval algorithm using a parser (LexCheck) on the Lexicon. This section describes the development of retrieving multiword terms from the verb complements in the Lexicon.

I. Introduction

• Verb Complement Types
• Light Verb Constructions (LVCs)
• Verb Particle Constructions (VPCs)

II. Design, Implementation and Process

• Annual release processes
• Growth reports

III. References

• Verb complementation patterns in Indian Standard English, Eugenia Olavarría de Ersson and Philip Shaw, English World-Wide, Volume 24, Issue 2, Jan 2003, p. 137-161
• How to pick out token instances of English verb-particle constructions. Kim, S. & Baldwin, T., 2010. Language Resources and Evaluation, 44(1), pp. 97-113
• The Light Verb Jungle: Still Hacking Away, Miriam Jessica Butt, 2010
• Phrasal verbs: The English verb-particle construction and its history, Stefan Thim, 2012, De Gruyter Mouton
• Identification of Verb-Particle Constructions in English, Ali Basirat, 2014, Computer Science, Linguists
• Light Verbs are Just Regular Verbs, Benjamin Bruening, 2016, Issue 1 Proceedings of the 39th Annual Penn, Linguistics Conference, Article 7, Volume 22
• With light verb constructions from syntax to concepts, Eva Wittenberg, 2016, Postsdam Congnitive Sciencw Series