Covert distributivity in algebraic event semantics
Covert distributivity in algebraic event semantics
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代数事件语义中的隐性分布性
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2016
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通讯作者：
Lucas Champollion
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作者：
Lucas Champollion
这是旨在对自然语言中分布性语义现象进行全面分析的两篇论文中的第一篇。本文研究并形式化了隐性分配性的不同来源。除了通过意义假设建模的词汇分布性效应之外，短语分布性是通过两个隐蔽运算符捕获的：（i）仅在原子上分布的 D 运算符（Link 1987），以及（ii）基于覆盖的 Part 运算符，它也可以在上下文许可下在非原子复数上分布（Schwarzschild 1996）。由此产生的理论超越了非原子分配性可以自由获得或根本不可用的解释。此外，它正确地预测了词汇和短语非原子分布性之间的差异。 D 和 Part 在新戴维森代数事件语义中重新表述，以便它们适用于事件谓词并使求和事件可通过参数和附加物进行进一步修改。这为解释 for 副词下的分配现象的上下文依赖性铺平了道路，这改进了预测不定词总是或从不与 for 副词共变的理论。该论文及其姊妹篇对事件语义中的组合过程提出了明确的建议。
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This is the first in a pair of papers that aim to provide a comprehensive analysis of the semantic phenomenon of distributivity in natural language. This paper investigates and formalizes different sources of covert distributivity. Apart from lexical distributivity effects, which are modeled by meaning postulates, phrasal distributivity is captured via two covert operators: (i) a D operator distributing over atoms only (Link 1987), and (ii) a cover-based Part operator, which can also distribute over nonatomic pluralities under contextual licensing (Schwarzschild 1996). The resulting theory surpasses accounts in which nonatomic distributivity is freely available, or not available at all; furthermore, it correctly predicts differences between lexical and phrasal nonatomic distributivity. D and Part are reformulated in Neo-Davidsonian algebraic event semantics, so that they apply to event predicates and make the sum event available for further modification by arguments and adjuncts. This paves the way for an account of the context-dependency of distributivity phenomena under for -adverbials, which improves on theories that predict indefinites to either always or never covary with for -adverbials. The paper and its companion include an explicit proposal for the compositional process in event semantics.
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作者：
Iordachioaia;Gianina ;Elena Soare
通讯作者：
Elena Soare