- 1 - DRT - based analysis of the German verb particle an Sylvia Springorum
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چکیده
The compositionality of particle verbs is a matter of dispute. The following paper will show that the semantics of German particle verbs is the combination of verb semantics and particle semantics. For this purpose, the verb particle an was analyzed and turned out to be highly ambiguous. Still, it can be systematically reconstructed. The different meanings resulting out of this ambiguity were grouped into semantic classes that were then formalized by using the Discourse Representation Theory. The classification of these meanings is based on a detailed case study that thoroughly defines the distinct components and strengthens my above mentioned thesis.
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