Semantics and the Lexicon [Paperback]

This book integrates the research being carried out in the field of lexical semantics in linguistics with the work on knowledge representation and lexicon design in computational linguistics. It provides a stimulating and unique discussion between the computational perspective of lexical meaning and the concerns of the linguist for the semantic description of lexical items in the context of syntactic descriptions.

Preface; J. Pustejovsky. 1. Introduction; J. Pustejovsky. Part I: Fundamentals of Lexical Structure. 2. X'-Semantics; R. Jackendoff. 3. The Syntax of Metaphorical Semantic Roles; G. Lakoff. 4. Levels of Lexical Representation; M. Rappaport, M. Laughren, B. Levin. 5. Case Marking and the Semantics of Mental Verbs; W. Croft. 6. Type Coercion and Lexical Selection; J. Pustejovsky. Part II: Mapping from Lexical Semantics and Syntax. 7. Nominalization and Predicative Prepositional Phrases; J. Grimshaw, E. Williams. 8. Adjectives, Nominals, and the Status of Arguments; R.J.P. Ingria, L.M. George. 9. Unaccusativity in Dutch: Integrating Syntax and Lexical Semantics; A. Zaenen. 10. Verbs in Depictives and Resultatives; T.R. Rapoport. 11. Explicit Syntax in the Lexicon: the Representation of Nominalizations; T. Roeper. Part III: Computational Models of Lexical Knowledge. 1lsŒ