An Attempt to Build a Database of Basic English Verb Constructions based on Symbolic View of Language

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This research project aimed at elucidating the way linguistic constructions form a network, and how such a network should be represented. It also tried to build an actual database system of linguistic constructions involving fundamental verbs of English. The resulting system is capable of visualizing complex relationships among verbs and their constructions. The method that made it possible will offer not only a proof of concept, but also useful suggestions from theoretical linguistics for projects in related areas such as language education and natural language processing.