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title = "A Linguistic Ontology for Constructicography: The Research Constructicon and its Ontology Modules",
author = "Winckel, Elodie and
Uhrig, Peter and
Evert, Stephanie",
editor = "McCrae, John P. and
Gkirtzou, Katerina and
Khan, Fahad and
Martin Chozas, Patricia and
Carvalho, Sara and
Canning, Erin",
booktitle = "Proceedings of 10th Workshop on Linked Data in Linguistics ({LDL}-2026)",
month = may,
year = "2026",
address = "Palma, Mallorca (Spain)",
publisher = "ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA)",
url = "https://aclanthology.org/2026.ldl-1.10/",
doi = "10.63317/2nov6en9xhep",
pages = "87--96",
abstract = "This paper introduces the Research Constructicon (RCxn), a project developed within the Research Training Group Dimensions of Constructional Space. The training group finances PhD projects in the framework of Construction Grammar (CxG), which views language as a network of form-meaning pairings. The RCxn is designed as a dynamic, community-driven resource that documents linguistic constructions while also capturing the research processes and findings associated with them. The project addresses three core dimensions: (1) the development of a modular ontology to represent constructions, their relationships, and the research surrounding them; (2) the implementation of database populated by researchers' contributions; and (3) the creation of a web application to visualize and interact with the data. This paper focuses on our work to implement a rich ontology for the RCxn, which has to accommodate diverse research needs, from cross-linguistic comparisons to multimodal analyses, while ensuring flexibility and interoperability. We detail the modular design of the ontology, its alignment with semantic web standards (RDF/OWL), and the integration of existing ontologies (e.g., OLiA, FOAF). The RCxn{'}s development is iterative, driven by feedback from our diverse group of PhD researchers."
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%A Winckel, Elodie
%A Uhrig, Peter
%A Evert, Stephanie
%Y McCrae, John P.
%Y Gkirtzou, Katerina
%Y Khan, Fahad
%Y Martin Chozas, Patricia
%Y Carvalho, Sara
%Y Canning, Erin
%S Proceedings of 10th Workshop on Linked Data in Linguistics (LDL-2026)
%D 2026
%8 May
%I ELRA Language Resources Association (ELRA)
%C Palma, Mallorca (Spain)
%F winckel-etal-2026-linguistic
%X This paper introduces the Research Constructicon (RCxn), a project developed within the Research Training Group Dimensions of Constructional Space. The training group finances PhD projects in the framework of Construction Grammar (CxG), which views language as a network of form-meaning pairings. The RCxn is designed as a dynamic, community-driven resource that documents linguistic constructions while also capturing the research processes and findings associated with them. The project addresses three core dimensions: (1) the development of a modular ontology to represent constructions, their relationships, and the research surrounding them; (2) the implementation of database populated by researchers’ contributions; and (3) the creation of a web application to visualize and interact with the data. This paper focuses on our work to implement a rich ontology for the RCxn, which has to accommodate diverse research needs, from cross-linguistic comparisons to multimodal analyses, while ensuring flexibility and interoperability. We detail the modular design of the ontology, its alignment with semantic web standards (RDF/OWL), and the integration of existing ontologies (e.g., OLiA, FOAF). The RCxn’s development is iterative, driven by feedback from our diverse group of PhD researchers.
%R 10.63317/2nov6en9xhep
%U https://aclanthology.org/2026.ldl-1.10/
%U https://doi.org/10.63317/2nov6en9xhep
%P 87-96
Markdown (Informal)
[A Linguistic Ontology for Constructicography: The Research Constructicon and its Ontology Modules](https://aclanthology.org/2026.ldl-1.10/) (Winckel et al., LDL 2026)
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