Feature-Based and Model-Based Semantics for English, French, and German Verb Phrases.

Kent, Stuart; Pitt, Jeremy

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Publication Date: 1996

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Feature-Based and Model-Based Semantics for English, French, and German Verb Phrases.

Kent, Stuart; Pitt, Jeremy

Language Sciences, v18 n1-2 p339-62 Jan-Apr 1996

Discusses the relative merits of feature versus model based semantics for the interpretation of verb phrases in English, French, and German. The article concludes that the simplicity afforded by features is offset by the depth of analysis achieved with event models that are additionally able to support a sophisticated approach to machine translation. (19 references) (Author/CK)

Descriptors: Context Effect, Contrastive Linguistics, English, French, German, Language Classification, Language Processing, Machine Translation, Models, Phrase Structure, Pragmatics, Semantics, Sentence Structure, Structural Grammar, Syntax, Verbs

Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Special issue: Contrastive Semantics and Pragmatics, Volume 1: Meanings and Representations.