Complex predicates : an LFG+glue analysis

• Autorzy: Lowe J. J.

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DOI

10.15398/jlm.v3i2.125

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

In this paper I discuss weaknesses in the traditional LFG account of complex predicates and in the XLE implementation of the same. I argue that the concept of predicate composition in general, and the mechanisms required to achieve it, are problematic, but that the most problematic element is the concept of argument fusion. I show that a semantically-integrated account of complex predicate formation is possible within LFG+glue, an account which provides a simple and effective formalization of argument fusion, and which does not suffer from the weaknesses of traditional approaches.¹

Słowa kluczowe

EN

complex predicates; Lexical Functional Grammar; argument structure; glue semantics

• Wydawca: Instytut Podstaw Informatyki PAN
• Czasopismo: Journal of Language Modelling
• Rocznik: 2015
• Tom: Vol. 3, No. 2
• Strony: 413--462
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 72 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Lowe J. J.

• University of Oxford, United Kingdom

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