Collocation is a common language phenomenon which has attracted the interest of
researchers in many subfields of both theoretical and computational linguistics. Although …

Idiomatic expressions are plentiful in everyday language, yet they remain mysterious, as it is
not clear exactly how people learn and understand them. They are of special interest to …

In this paper, we investigate a supervised machine learning framework for automatically
learning of English Light Verb Constructions (LVCs). Our system achieves an 86.3 …

We address the problem of classifying multiword expression tokens in running text. We focus
our study on Verb-Noun Constructions (VNC) that vary in their idiomaticity depending on …

Due to idiosyncrasies in their syntax, semantics or frequency, Multiword Expressions
(MWEs) have received special attention from the NLP community, as the methods and …

This article describes the design and implementation of a Dutch Electronic Lexicon of
Multiword Expressions (DuELME). DuELME describes the core properties of over 5,000 …

The treatment of multiword expressions (MWEs), like take off, bus stop and big deal, is a
challenge for NLP applications. This kind of linguistic construction is not only arbitrary but …

In this thesis, we investigate how natural language processing (NLP) tools and techniques
can be applied to vocabulary aimed at second language learners of Swedish in order to …

The paper reports on a corpus study of German light verb constructions (LVCs). LVCs come
in families which exemplify systematic interpretation patterns. The paper's aim is to account …

In this paper, we propose a simple, languageindependent and highly effective method for
predicting the degree of compositionality of multiword expressions (MWEs). We compare the …