Note 1: For more info about ECG from its creators, NTL people all, see the
webpages of Nancy
Chang, Johno
Bryant, and Eva
Mok). See also Lecture 22.
Note 2: Recall that schemas represent non-linguistic conceptual knowledge, whereas constructions are pairings
of form and meaning. For more info, see chapters
23 and
24 of Prof. Feldman's book.
Note 3: Recall that the SemSpec is our way of representing links or bindings among schemas. Again, consult the chapters
cited in Note 2 for more info.
Note 4: A transitive verb takes a subject and a (direct) object;
an intransitive verb takes no object; and
a ditransitive verb takes a subject and two objects (one direct, the
other indirect).