Roles and the compositional semantics of role-denoting relational adjectives
Abstract
The semantics of adjectives related to nominals denoting societal roles, such as presidential (from president), have remained understudied. We examine the semantics of what we call role-denoting relational adjectives, providing a formal analysis using the notion of a frame, a unified representation for lexical knowledge, world knowledge, and context. The frames we propose are based on a constructivist philosophical understanding of social roles, leading us to posit a multi-tiered ontology of events and individuals. Using frames and our ontology, we provide a general semantics for role-denoting relational adjectives and roles.Downloads
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2019-05-15
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Anderson, C., & Löbner, S. (2019). Roles and the compositional semantics of role-denoting relational adjectives. Proceedings of Sinn Und Bedeutung, 22(1), 91–108. Retrieved from https://ojs.ub.uni-konstanz.de/sub/index.php/sub/article/view/80
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