From a dictionary towards the Hungarian Constructicon

Abstract

We present the Hungarian Constructicon, a lexical resource which is an inventory of Hungarian constructions. It was derived mostly automatically from a dictionary. Main step of the processing was to identify constructions in the dictionary and lift them out and create individual entries for them. The tool is supplemented by a sophisticated online frontend which applies a so called dynamic toolbox to the constructicon database in order to be able to give an answer to any one-word or multi word query. Elements of this toolbox are analysed search, dynamic referencing and virtual entries which contains cross-references to elements of cxns present in the constructicon. In this way, the constructicon can handle inflected and derived forms in the query providing all plausible interpretations without needing to know a specific query formalism. This also covers the cases where a word can be interpreted as a regular form and an irregular form as well (cf. ’leaves’). The Hungarian Constructicon combines the advantages of dictionaries and ccns and is equipped with an intuitive user interface.