In this paper, we explore the interaction between lexical semantics and pragmatics. We argue that linguistic processing is informationally encapsulated and utilises relatively simple ‘taxonomic’ lexical semantic knowledge. On this basis, defeasible lexical generalisations deliver defeasible parts of logical form. In contrast, pragmatic inference is openended and involves arbitrary real-world kn...

In this paper, we explore the interaction between lexical semantics and pragmatics. Linguistic processing is informationally encapsulated and utilises relatively simple ‘taxonomic’ lexical semantic knowledge. On this basis, defeasible lexical generalisations deliver defeasible parts of logical form. In contrast, pragmatics is open-ended and involves arbitrary knowledge. Two axioms specify when ...

Semantics as a part of the sciences related to meaning and interpretation semantic features signs has an own important. Regarding fixed-expressions idioms one these expressions, this study is entitled (Inference meanings Idiom) tries interpret set carry Lexical non-Lexical Present other views,Thus, after presenting definition characteristics idioms, giving necessary examples analysis letters no...

From the perspective of systemic functional linguistics (SFL), lexical metaphors are recognized as a resource for enacting interpersonal meaning in discourse. Within the APPRAISAL framework, they constitute a means for ‘provoking’ an attitudinal interpretation. While the interpersonal function of lexical metaphors is well recognized in SFL, there have been relatively few studies that focus spec...

Scalar implicatures, the phenomena where a sentence like "The pianist played some Mozart sonatas" is interpreted, as "The pianist did not play all Mozart sonatas" have been given two different analyses. Neo-Griceans (NG) claim that this interpretation is based on lexical scales (e.g., ), where the stronger term (e.g., all) implies the weaker term (e.g., some), but the weaker term (e....

Verbal and compositional lexical aspect provide the underlying temporal structure of events. Knowledge of lexical aspect, e.g., (a)telicity, is therefore required for interpreting event sequences in discourse We show that it is possible to represent lexical aspect|both verbal and compositional|on a large scale, using Lexical Conceptual Structure (LCS) representations of verbs in the classes cat...

We propose a two-layered model for computing semantic and conceptual interpretations from dependency structures. Abstract interpretation schemata generate semantic interpretations of `minimal' dependency subgraphs, while production rules whose speci cation is rooted in ontological categories derive a canonical conceptual interpretation from semantic interpretation structures. Con gurational des...

The passage of Mill’s Utilitarianism that sets out the condition in which one pleasure has a superior quality than another stokes interpretive controversy. According to Lexical Interpretation, Mill takes pleasure, P1 , be another, P2 if, and only smallest quantity is more valuable any finite . This paper argues that, while Interpretation may supported with supplementary evidence, itself does no...