Language is one of our most articulated means of expressing ideas and thoughts. This
introduction to language and linguistics as the science of language will mainly look at …

The notion of causation is a fundamental one. Lakoff & Johnson (1980: 69) see it as a “basic
human concept”, one which is used by people to “organize their physical and cultural …

This paper presents a novel approach to constructing multilingual lexical databases using
semantic frames. Starting with the conceptual information contained in the English FrameNet …

essential reference work to cognitive linguistics. It encompasses a wide range of
perspectives and approaches, covering all the key areas of cognitive linguistics and drawing …

This paper describes issues surrounding the planning and design of GermanFrameNet
(GFN), a counterpart to the English-based FrameNet project. The goals of GFN are (a) to …

Construction semantics combines usage-based construction grammar and frame semantics,
as set out in the FrameNet project. This volume models the semantic properties of …

We introduce ISO-Space, an annotation specification for capturing spatial and
spatiotemporal information in natural language. We discuss many of the issues found in …

Frames are conceptual structures that provide context for elements of interpretation; their
primary role in an account of text understanding is to explain how our text interpretations can …

This paper examines how insights from Frame Semantics can be applied to translation, both
by humans and computers. In particular, it shows what types of semantic frames can be used …

This paper first shows how Frame Semantics grew out of earlier work on Case Grammar.
Then, it discusses some of the basic principles of Frame Semantics and shows how these …