@inproceedings{ahrenberg-2024-fitting,
    title = "Fitting Fixed Expressions into the {UD} Mould: {S}wedish as a Use Case",
    author = "Ahrenberg, Lars",
    editor = {Bhatia, Archna  and
      Bouma, Gosse  and
      Do{\u{g}}ru{\"o}z, A. Seza  and
      Evang, Kilian  and
      Garcia, Marcos  and
      Giouli, Voula  and
      Han, Lifeng  and
      Nivre, Joakim  and
      Rademaker, Alexandre},
    booktitle = "Proceedings of the Joint Workshop on Multiword Expressions and Universal Dependencies (MWE-UD) @ LREC-COLING 2024",
    month = may,
    year = "2024",
    address = "Torino, Italia",
    publisher = "ELRA and ICCL",
    url = "https://aclanthology.org/2024.mwe-1.6",
    pages = "33--42",
    abstract = "Fixed multiword expressions are common in many, if not all, natural languages. In the Universal Dependencies framework, UD, a subset of these expressions are modelled with the dependency relation {`}fixed{'} targeting the most grammaticalized cases of functional multiword items. In this paper we perform a detailed analysis of 439 expressions modelled with {`}fixed{'} in two Swedish UD treebanks in order to reduce their numbers and fit the definition better. We identify a large number of dimensions of variation for fixed multiword expressions that can be used for the purpose. We also point out several problematic aspects of the current UD approach to multiword expressions and discuss different alternative solutions for modelling fixed expresions. We suggest that insights from Constructional Grammar (CxG) can help with a more systematic treatment of fixed expressions in UD.",
}

Fixed multiword expressions are common in many, if not all, natural languages. In the Universal Dependencies framework, UD, a subset of these expressions are modelled with the dependency relation {`}fixed{'} targeting the most grammaticalized cases of functional multiword items. In this paper we perform a detailed analysis of 439 expressions modelled with {`}fixed{'} in two Swedish UD treebanks in order to reduce their numbers and fit the definition better. We identify a large number of dimensions of variation for fixed multiword expressions that can be used for the purpose. We also point out several problematic aspects of the current UD approach to multiword expressions and discuss different alternative solutions for modelling fixed expresions. We suggest that insights from Constructional Grammar (CxG) can help with a more systematic treatment of fixed expressions in UD.
Ahrenberg, Lars
Fitting Fixed Expressions into the UD Mould: Swedish as a Use Case