《THE GENERATIVE LEXICON》求取 ⇩

1 Introduction1

2 The Nature of Lexical Knowledge5

2.1 Semantic Classes and Categorial Alternation8

2.2 Interlexical Relations23

3 The Logical Problem of Polysemy27

3.1 Varieties of Sense Extension27

3.2 Contrastive Ambiguity29

3.3 Complementary Polysemy31

3.4 An Elementary Lexical Semantic Theory33

4 Limitations of Sense Enumerative Lexicons39

4.1 The Goals of Lexical Semantic Theory40

4.2 The Creative Use of Words42

4.3 Permeability of Word Senses47

4.4 Difference in Syntactic Forms50

4.5 Semantic Expressiveness55

4.6 Generative Lexical Models57

4.7 Strong vs. Weak Compositionality59

5 The Semantic Type System61

5.1 Levels of Representation61

5.2 Argument Structure62

5.3 Extended Event Structure67

5.4 Qualia Structure76

5.5 The Interaction of Semantic Levels81

6 Qualia Structure85

6.1 Modes of Explanation85

6.2 The Qualia Structure of Nominals90

7 Generative Mechanisms in Semantics105

7.1 Coercion and Type Shifting106

7.2 Co-composition122

7.3 Selective Binding127

7.4 Semantic Selection131

8 The Semantics of Nominals141

8.1 Basic Issues141

8.2 Nominals with Unified Types142

8.3 Nominals with Complex Types149

8.4 Propositions and Event Descriptions157

8.5 Varieties of Nominalization165

8.6 Lexicalization and LCPs177

9 The Lexical Semantics of Causation183

9.1 How Language Encodes Causation183

9.2 Causation and Unaccusativity188

9.3 Aspectual Causatives and Coercion198

9.4 Experiencer Predicates208

9.5 Modal Causatives215

9.6 Conclusion218

10 Consequences of a Generative Lexicon221

10.1 Co-composition and Verbal Semantics221

10.2 Stage-Level Predication225

10.3 Further Applications of Coercion230

10.4 Linguistic versus Commonsense Knowledge232

10.5 Lexical Inference and Rhetoric236

10.6 Summary238

Notes241

Bibliography269

Author Index289

Subject Index293