Collostructional analysis is a family of methods developed by (in alphabetical order) Stefan Th. Gries (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Anatol Stefanowitsch (Free University of Berlin). Collostructional analysis aims at measuring the degree of attraction or repulsion that words exhibit to constructions, where the notion of construction has so far been that of Goldberg's construction grammar.
Collostructional analysis so far comprises three different methods:
collexeme analysis, to measure the degree of attraction/repulsion of a lemma to a slot in one particular construction;
distinctive collexeme analysis, to measure the preference of a lemma to one particular construction over another, functionally similar construction; multiple distinctive collexeme analysis extends this approach to more than two alternative constructions;
covarying collexeme analysis, to measure the degree of attraction of lemmas in one slot of a construction to lemmas in another slot of the same construction.
Input frequenciesedit
Collostructional analysis requires frequencies of words and constructions and is similar to a wide variety of collocation statistics. It differs from raw frequency counts by providing not only observed co-occurrence frequencies of words and constructions, but also
(i) a comparison of the observed frequency to the one expected by chance; thus, collostructional analysis can distinguish attraction and repulsion of words and constructions;
(ii) a measure of the strength of the attraction or repulsion; this is usually the log-transformed p-value of a Fisher-Yates exact test.
Versus other collocation statisticsedit
Collostructional analysis differs from most collocation statistics such that
(i) it measures not the association of words to words, but of words to syntactic patterns or constructions; thus, it takes syntactic structure more seriously than most collocation-based analyses;
(ii) it has so far only used the most precise statistics, namely the Fisher-Yates exact test based on the hypergeometric distribution; thus, unlike t-scores, z-scores, chi-square tests etc., the analysis is not based on, and does not violate, any distributional assumptions.
Gries, Stefan Th. & Anatol Stefanowitsch. 2004a. Extending collostructional analysis: A corpus-based perspectives on 'alternations'. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 9.1:97-129.
Gries, Stefan Th. & Anatol Stefanowitsch. 2004b. Co-varying collexemes in the into-causative. In: Achard, Michel & Suzanne Kemmer (eds.). Language, Culture, and Mind. Stanford, CA: CSLI, p. 225-36.
Gries, Stefan Th. & Anatol Stefanowitsch. 2011. Cluster analysis and the identification of collexeme classes. In: Newman, John & Sally Rice (eds.). Empirical and Experimental Methods in Cognitive/Functional Research. Stanford, CA: CSLI.
Stefanowitsch, Anatol & Stefan Th. Gries. 2003. Collostructions: Investigating the interaction between words and constructions. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 8.2:209-43.
Stefanowitsch, Anatol & Stefan Th. Gries. 2005. Co-varying collexemes. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 1.1:1-43.
Stefanowitsch, Anatol. 2006. Negative evidence and the raw frequency fallacy. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 2.1:61-77.
Applicationsedit
Gries, Stefan Th. 2005. Syntactic priming: A corpus-based approach. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 34.4:365-99.
Gries, Stefan Th. & Stefanie Wulff. 2005. Do foreign language learners also have constructions? Evidence from priming, sorting, and corpora. Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics 3:182-200.
Hilpert, Martin. 2006. Distinctive collexeme analysis and diachrony. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 2.2:243-57.
Jensen, Kim Ebensgaard. 2012. Fatal attraction: inheritance and collostruction in the ihjel-construction. Skandinaviske Sprogstudier 3.2:1-30.
Stefanowitsch, Anatol. 2005. The function of metaphor: developing a corpus-based perspective. International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 10.2: 161–198.
Wiechmann, Daniel. 2008. Sense-contingent lexical preferences and early parsing decisions [...]. Cognitive Linguistics 19.3: 439–455.
Papers that document its predictive superiority over raw frequency countsedit
Gries, Stefan Th., Beate Hampe, & Doris Schönefeld. to appear. Converging evidence II: [...]. In: Newman, John & Sally Rice (eds.). Experimental and Empirical Methods in Cognitive/Functional Research. Stanford, CA: CSLI. (working title)
Wiechmann, Daniel. 2008. On the Computation of Collostruction Strength: [...]. Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 4.2: 253–290.
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Collostructional analysis is a family of methods developed by in alphabetical order Stefan Th Gries University of California Santa Barbara and Anatol Stefanowitsch Free University of Berlin Collostructional analysis aims at measuring the degree of attraction or repulsion that words exhibit to constructions where the notion of construction has so far been that of Goldberg s construction grammar Contents 1 Collostructional methods 2 Input frequencies 3 Versus other collocation statistics 4 See also 5 References 5 1 General references 5 2 Applications 5 3 Papers that document its predictive superiority over raw frequency countsCollostructional methods editCollostructional analysis so far comprises three different methods collexeme analysis to measure the degree of attraction repulsion of a lemma to a slot in one particular construction distinctive collexeme analysis to measure the preference of a lemma to one particular construction over another functionally similar construction multiple distinctive collexeme analysis extends this approach to more than two alternative constructions covarying collexeme analysis to measure the degree of attraction of lemmas in one slot of a construction to lemmas in another slot of the same construction Input frequencies editCollostructional analysis requires frequencies of words and constructions and is similar to a wide variety of collocation statistics It differs from raw frequency counts by providing not only observed co occurrence frequencies of words and constructions but also i a comparison of the observed frequency to the one expected by chance thus collostructional analysis can distinguish attraction and repulsion of words and constructions ii a measure of the strength of the attraction or repulsion this is usually the log transformed p value of a Fisher Yates exact test Versus other collocation statistics editCollostructional analysis differs from most collocation statistics such that i it measures not the association of words to words but of words to syntactic patterns or constructions thus it takes syntactic structure more seriously than most collocation based analyses ii it has so far only used the most precise statistics namely the Fisher Yates exact test based on the hypergeometric distribution thus unlike t scores z scores chi square tests etc the analysis is not based on and does not violate any distributional assumptions See also editCollocation extraction This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Collostructional analysis news newspapers books scholar JSTOR June 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help improve this article by introducing more precise citations June 2012 Learn how and when to remove this message References editGeneral references edit Gries Stefan Th amp Anatol Stefanowitsch 2004a Extending collostructional analysis A corpus based perspectives on alternations International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 9 1 97 129 Gries Stefan Th amp Anatol Stefanowitsch 2004b Co varying collexemes in the into causative In Achard Michel amp Suzanne Kemmer eds Language Culture and Mind Stanford CA CSLI p 225 36 Gries Stefan Th amp Anatol Stefanowitsch 2011 Cluster analysis and the identification of collexeme classes In Newman John amp Sally Rice eds Empirical and Experimental Methods in Cognitive Functional Research Stanford CA CSLI Stefanowitsch Anatol amp Stefan Th Gries 2003 Collostructions Investigating the interaction between words and constructions International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 8 2 209 43 Stefanowitsch Anatol amp Stefan Th Gries 2005 Co varying collexemes Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 1 1 1 43 Stefanowitsch Anatol 2006 Negative evidence and the raw frequency fallacy Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 2 1 61 77 Applications edit Gries Stefan Th 2005 Syntactic priming A corpus based approach Journal of Psycholinguistic Research 34 4 365 99 Gries Stefan Th amp Stefanie Wulff 2005 Do foreign language learners also have constructions Evidence from priming sorting and corpora Annual Review of Cognitive Linguistics 3 182 200 Hilpert Martin 2006 Distinctive collexeme analysis and diachrony Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 2 2 243 57 Jensen Kim Ebensgaard 2012 Fatal attraction inheritance and collostruction in the ihjel construction Skandinaviske Sprogstudier 3 2 1 30 Stefanowitsch Anatol 2005 The function of metaphor developing a corpus based perspective International Journal of Corpus Linguistics 10 2 161 198 Wiechmann Daniel 2008 Sense contingent lexical preferences and early parsing decisions Cognitive Linguistics 19 3 439 455 Papers that document its predictive superiority over raw frequency counts edit Gries Stefan Th Beate Hampe amp Doris Schonefeld 2005 Converging evidence Cognitive Linguistics 16 4 635 76 Gries Stefan Th Beate Hampe amp Doris Schonefeld to appear Converging evidence II In Newman John amp Sally Rice eds Experimental and Empirical Methods in Cognitive Functional Research Stanford CA CSLI working title Wiechmann Daniel 2008 On the Computation of Collostruction Strength Corpus Linguistics and Linguistic Theory 4 2 253 290 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Collostructional analysis amp oldid 1193926812, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
