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• Katz-Fodor-semantics
  ...d sentences. Semantic representations are concepts which are built up from semantic primitives. * Katz, J.J. and J.A. Fodor 1963. ''The structure of a Semantic Theory,'' Language 39, 170-210, .
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• Semantic function
  ...Grammar]] (e.g. Dik 1989), the term '''semantic function''' is used for [[semantic role]]s. *[[semantic role]]
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• Kāraka
  ...works refer to Panini's ''kāraka'' concept as an early precursor of modern semantic roles. *[[semantic role]]
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• Deep case
  The term '''deep case''' denotes a [[semantic role]] and is used especially in work influenced by Fillmore (1968). *[[semantic role]]
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• Thematic role
  The term '''thematic role''' is a synonym of [[semantic role]] or [[thematic relation]], popularized by Chomsky (1981), although mo Thematic roles are semantic roles in a system which takes location and movement through space as (some
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• Case role
  The term '''case role''' denotes a [[semantic role]] and is used especially in work influenced by Fillmore (1968). *[[semantic role]]
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• Extended Standard Theory
  ...resentation, the introduction of [[Move alpha]], [[trace theory]], and the theory of [[LF]]. The EST originates in Chomsky (1973).
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• Case relation
  The term '''case relation''' denotes a [[semantic role]] and is used especially in work influenced by Fillmore (1968). *[[semantic role]]
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• Meaning theories
  ...s about the nature of [[meaning]] and the proper formulation of a semantic theory. There are roughly three theories about meaning: # the denotational theory
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• Thematic relation
  ...sed (especially in Ray Jackendoff’s work and work influenced by him) for [[semantic role]]. *[[semantic role]]
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• Interpretive rules
  ...tive rules''' is a rules that interpret syntactic structures in terms of a semantic representation or in terms of truth and reference. In a strictly [[composit * Jackendoff, R. 1972. ''Semantic interpretation in generative grammar,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
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• Semantic representation
  '''Semantic representation''' is an abstract [[formal language|(formal) language]] in w ...e identified with syntactic deep structures. In almost all other theories, semantic representations are an autonomous level of representation related to deep s
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• Dative (semantic role)
  The term '''dative''' was used, following Fillmore (1968:24-25), for the [[semantic role]] of an animate being that is conscious of being [[affected]] by the s ...case. In: Bach, Emmon & Harms, Robert T. (eds.) ''Universals in linguistic theory.'' New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1-88.
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• Lexical semantics
  ...], and a theory using [[meaning postulate]]s. Traditional problems concern semantic relations between words (like [[homonymy]], [[synonymy]], [[hyperonymy]], a * Jackendoff, R. 1990. ''Semantic Structures,'' Cambridge, MIT-Press.
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• Katz-Postal-principle
  ...iple''' is the principle, argued for in Katz & Postal (1964), that all semantic interpretation applies to [[deep-structure]], before the application of tra * Katz,.J.J. and P.Postal 1964. ''An Intergrated Theory of Linguistic Description,'' The MIT Press: Cambridge, Mass.
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• Priming
  ...be exemplified by the word 'cat' priming the word 'dog' (cf. [[crossmodal semantic priming]]). * Collins, A.M & Loftus, E.F. 1975. ''A spreading activation theory of semantic processing,'' Psychological Review, 82, 407-428
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• Expletive noun phrase
  ...[[pronoun]]-like element) that occupies a syntactic position, but has no [[semantic role]]. '''Expletive''' is a grammatical element having no semantic content and occurring in [[theta-bar position]]s.
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• Generalized Quantifier Theory
  ...ich studies the interpretation of noun phrases and determiners. The formal theory of generalized quantifiers already existed as a part of mathematical logic [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Generalized+Quantifier+Theory&lemmacode=718 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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• Portal:Psycholinguistics
  ...[specific language impairment]], [[surface dyslexia]], [[verbal efficiency theory]], [[williams syndrome]], [[global aphasia]] ...a]], [[assembled route]], [[bigram frequency]], [[construction-integration theory]], [[deep dyslexia]], [[dual-route model]], [[fixations]]
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• Source
  '''Source''' is a one of the possible [[semantic role]]s of a [[verb]], indicating the place or object where the movement ex ...e for Case,'' in: E. Bach & R.T. Harms (eds.) Universals In Linguistic Theory, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York.
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• Argument structure
  ...on about the [[argument]]s of a (generally verbal) [[predicate]] and their semantic and syntactic properties. ...-role]] structure and [[syntactic function|syntactic-function]] structure. Semantic roles have a lot of information that is not (or hardly) relevant for the sy
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• Selectional restrictions
  '''Selectional restrictions''' are the [[semantic restrictions]] that a [[word]] imposes on the environment in which it occur * Chomsky, N. 1965. ''Aspects of the Theory of Syntax,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.
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• Thematic theory
  ...uments in syntactic structure. Thematic interpretation is only part of the semantic interpretation of natural language sentences, which also encompasses quanti *[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Thematic+theory&lemmacode=152 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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• Serialization (i.e. word order)
  *Bartsch, Renate & [[Vennemann, Theo]]. 1972. ''Semantic Structures.'' Frankfurt: Athenäum. ...s.) ''Lexical specification and insertion.'' (Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 197). Amsterdam: Benjamins, 135-164.
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• Logical semantics
  ...mantics]]. [[Montague Grammar]] is the most detailed example of a semantic theory for natural language based on the principles of logical semantics.
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• Suppletion
  '''Suppletion''' is a phenomenon by which the addition of a semantic aspect or grammatical function is expressed by a totally or partially diffe * Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory,'' Blackwell, Oxford.
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• Argument linking
  ...used for generalizations about the [[mapping]] between (decompositional) [[semantic structure]]s of [[predicate]]s and the [[syntactic expression]] of the [[ar *[[Nicholas Ostler]]. 1979. ''Case linking: A theory of case and verb diathesis, applied to Classical Sanskrit.'' Ph.D. disserta
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• Endocentric compound
  ...sage restricted, so that ''steamboat'' will be found in basically the same semantic contexts as the noun ''boat''. The compound also retains the primary syntac * Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory,'' Blackwell, Oxford.
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• No Vacuous Application Principle
  ...(= cannot take a direct object) and [-logical subject] (= do not assign a semantic role to an external argument). * Spencer, A. 1991. ''Morphological Theory,'' Blackwell, Oxford.
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• Goal
  ...e for Case,'' in: E. Bach & R.T. Harms (eds.) Universals In Linguistic Theory, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York. [[Category:Syntax]][[Category:Semantic role]]
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• Conceptual Structure
  ...aborates the idea that notions of location and movement are central in the semantic analysis of [[verb]]s and [[sentence]]s, see [[localism]]). [[Lexical conce
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• Covert category
  A '''covert category''' is a semantic distinction that is relevant for the morphosyntactic rules of a language, b ...or case.'' In: Bach, Emmon & Harms, R.T. (eds.) ''Universals in linguistic theory.'' New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1-88.
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• Jerrold J. Katz (de)
  ...n dazugehörigen philosophischen Aspekten. Seine Veröffentlichung "Semantic Theory" (Harper & Row, 1972) hatte großen Einfluss auf die Philosophie, Linguisti
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• Affected vs. effected object
  A relatively old semantic-role distinction is that between '''affected objects''', i.e. [[patient]]s ...or case.'' In: Bach, Emmon & Harms, R.T. (eds.) ''Universals in linguistic theory.'' New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1-88.
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• Bracketing paradox
  ...the morphological structure of a word which one would like to propose for semantic reasons does not correspond to the structure one would like to propose for ...es on the basis of level-ordering which are sometimes in conflict with the semantic structure.
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• Theta-role
  '''Theta-role''' is the semantic relationship of an [[argument]] with the predicate it is an argument of is *[[Theta-theory]]
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• Semantic coherence
  '''Semantic coherence''' is a notion introduced in Aronoff (1976) which entails that th [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Semantic+Coherence&lemmacode=212 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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• Minimalist Program
  It aims to eliminate from linguistic theory anything which is not 'virtually necessary'. For instance, in Chomsky (1992 * a set of (phonological, semantic, and grammatical) features
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• Kontrolle
  *A. Cormack & N. Smith, Compositionality, Copy Theory, and Control. UCLWPL 2002/14. *– Dies., The Semantic Basis of Control. Lg. 2003/79.3, 517–556.
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• Determiner
  * Keenan, E.L. and J. Stavi 1986. ''A semantic characterization of natural language determiners,'' Linguistics and Philoso a relation between two sets taken as the denotation of a determiner in the theory of [[Generalized Quantifier]]s.
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• Properness
  ...roperness''' is a semantic property of [[NP]]s in [[Generalized Quantifier Theory]]. An NP is interpreted in a model M as a proper [[generalized quantifier]]
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• Donkey anaphora
  ...on as donkey antecedents, has been implemented in Discourse Representation Theory (Kamp 1981, Heim 1982). Other well-known donkey-contexts are conditional cl * Kamp, H. 1981. ''A theory of truth and semantic representation,'' in: J. Groenendijk et al. (eds.) (1984) Truth, Interpreta
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• Reduplication
  ...s not any kind of repetition of phonological material. The function can be semantic (intensity, plurality, etc) or grammatical (agreement with subject, aspect, * Broselow, J. & J. McCarthy 1983. ''A Theory of Internal Reduplication,'' The Linguistic Review 3, pp. 25-88
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• Portal:Semantics
  '''Semantic metalanguage'''<br> == '''<div style="font-size:80%;">Major approaches to semantic analysis</div>''' ==
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• Theme (semantic role)
  ...e for Case,'' in: E. Bach &amp; R.T. Harms (eds.) Universals In Linguistic Theory, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York. * Jackendoff, R. 1990. ''Semantic Structures,'' Cambridge, MIT-Press.
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• Interpretative Semantik
  *R. S. Jackendoff, Semantic Interpretation in Generative Grammar. N. Y. 1972. *J. J. Katz, Semantic Theory. N. Y. 1972.
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• Conversion
  ...ke solid', ''legal-ize'' 'make legal'. But we also find [[verb]]s of this (semantic) type which are phonologically identical to the base adjective: ''to clean' *Lieber, R. 1981. Morphological Conversion within a Restricted Theory of the Lexicon. In ''The Scope of Lexical Rules.'' Moortgat et al. (eds.),
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• Cohort model
  In phonetics, a '''cohort model''' is a theory of auditory word recognition. ...al nodes contain information about the [[phoneme]]s in a word, whereas the semantic nodes contain information about the [[meaning]] of the words. The speech in
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• Case
  ...cal category system]] marked on [[noun phrase]]s to indicate the syntactic-semantic relationship between the noun phrases and other elements in the clause. Cas ...inflectional [[dimension]] of nouns that serves to code the noun phrase's semantic role.”'' (Haspelmath 2002:267)
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