Linking by types in the hierarchical lexicon
By: Anthony R. Davis.
Series: Studies in constraint-based lexicalism
Publisher: CSLI Publications
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: Semantics.; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax.; Hierarchy (Linguistics); Lexical grammar.; Head-driven phrase structure grammar.; Grammar, Comparative and general -- Verb.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 290-297) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Introduction 1; title: 1.1 Linking 1; title: 1.2 Subcategorization Alternations 4; title: 1.3 Specifying Redundant Lexical Information; title: in a Multiple Inheritance Hierarchy 6; title: 1.4 Linking as Constraints in the Hierarchical Lexicon 12; title: 1.5 Overview of the Book 13; title: 2 Thematic Roles and Lexical Entailments; title: in Linking Theories 17; title: 2.1 Conceptions of Thematic Roles 17; title: 2.2 Thematic Roles as Primitive Elements 18; title: 2.3 The Thematic Hierarchy 25; title: 2.4 The Thematic Hierarchy in Lexical Mapping Theory 31; title: 2.5 Some Other Recent Approaches to Linking 42; title: 2.6 Dowty on Proto-roles and Argument Selection 61; title: 2.7 Conclusion 73; title: Lexical Semantic Relations and Structures 75; title: 3.1 Overview 75; title: 3.2 The Use of Entailments in a Multiple Inheritance Hierarchy 77; title: 3.3 Constructing the Hierarchy of Lexical Semantic Relations 90; title: 3.4 Lexical Semantic Relations and; title: Subcategorization Alternations 134; title: 3.5 Conclusion 152 4 HPSG: A Brief Description and Some Revisions 155; title: 4.1 Overview of HPSG 155; title: 4.2 Some Revisions to "Standard" HPSG 159; title: 5 Linking Constraints in the Lexical Hierarchy 169; title: 5.1 Constraints on Mapping Between Lexical Semantics; title: and Syntax 169; title: 5.2 Linking Constraintsin a Strongly Grounded; title: Lexical Hierarchy 176 :; title: 5.3 The Interaction of Semantics and Subcategorization 186; title: 5.4 Summary 223; title: 6 Further Issues in Constraint-Based Linking 225; title: 6.1 Overview 225; title: 6.2 Prepositional Complements and Content-sharing ;225; title: 6.3 Passive Verbs and 'By' Phrases 244; title: 6.4 The Problem of Role-argument Uniqueness 262; title: 6.5 Conclusion 268; title: 7 Conclusions and Prospects 2 71; title: 7.1 Summary 271; title: 7.2 Some Speculations, Questions, and Problems 278; title: References 290; title: Index 298.