A data-driven approach to alternations based on protein-protein interactions

Abstract

Syntactic alternations like the dative shift are well researched. But most decisions which speakers take are more complex than binary choices. Multifactorial lexicogrammatical approaches and a large inventory of syntactic patterns are needed to supplement current approaches. We use the term semantic alternation for the many ways in which a relation between entities, conveying broadly the same meaning, can be expressed. We use a well-resourced domain, biomedical research texts, for a corpusdriven approach. As entities we use proteins, Show more