When the Generative Lexicon meets Computational Semantics

Computational semantics and lexical semantics have so far mostly been studied separately. As a result, computational semantics often constructs meanings with poor or little lexical sense, while lexical semantics generally only apply to simple and small phrases (as opposed to complete sentences). We present here a general framework to incorporate lexical semantics information originating from a generative lexicon into a standard analysis of computational semantics. This framework is illustrated on two examples, covering type coercion and selective binding. In this framework, the coupling between the analysis and the lexicon is kept low to facilitate separate evolutions and to adapt to the partial availability of lexical semantics information.