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(Ray Jackendoff)
Course
Semantics: The Structure of Concepts
Olga Batiukova
Syntactic
formation rules
Conceptual
formation rules
Phonological
structures
Syntactic
structures
Conceptual
structures
PS-SS
correspondence
rules
SS-CS
correspondence
rules
b. Conceptual structure:
[Event GO ([Thing JOHN]i, ]Path TO ([Place IN ([Thing ROOM]m)])]k)]j
EVENT
GO
THING
Bill
TO
PLACE
IN
THING
house
(Property)
(3) a. The theatre is full.
b. [State BE Ident ([THEATRE], [Place AT ([Property FULL])])]
(4) a. This book belongs to John. (Poss)
b. [State BE Poss ([Thing BOOK], [Place AT ([Thing JOHN])])]
Types of events
a. [EVENT] [Event GO ([THING], [PATH])]
[Event STAY ([THING], [PLACE])]
b. [EVENT]
CAUSE
THING
, [EVENT])
EVENT
Event
c. [STATE]
Aspectual functions
CAUSE, INCH (stateevent), PERF (resultant phase)
a. [Event INC ([State ])]
b. [State PERF ([Event ])]
Semantic functions
PL (plural) ELT (element of)
[+b] [-b,+i]; [-b, +i] [+b, -i]
chair chairs; rice grain of rice
The light flashed (once) The light flashed (continuously)
-b, +i
+b, -i
PL
The light flashed
Sit
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