CLARIN’s Support for Research into the Acquisition of Lexical Properties

Abstract

Odijk (2011) sketched a research question on the acquisition of lexical properties of words, and illustrated it with some concrete examples, in particular with respect to the lexical properties of the Dutch synonyms heel, erg, and zeer (all meaning ‘very’). This work also indicated what the CLARIN infrastructure should offer to make it possible to address this research question. In this contribution I sketch to what extent the CLARIN infrastructure has achieved these requirements and desiderata. The resulting picture is mixed: (1) some have been implemented; (2) some have not been implemented and are still highly desirable; (3) some have not been implemented but turned out to be not so urgent; (4) new requirements and desiderata have arisen in the last 10 years, only some of which have been implemented. In this way, I evaluate the development of the CLARIN infrastructure (mainly its Netherlands part) over the past 10 years, and sketch the requirements and desiderata for the CLARIN infrastructure to address this research question for the next 10 years.