Classification in combined phrases: noun-noun conjunctions and intersective, subsective and privative adjective-noun combinations

How is the meaning of an adjectivenoun phrase related to the meanings of its adjective and noun constituents? Different types of adjective produce different relations between a combination and in its constituent adjectives and nouns. Current theories give separate mechanisms for each adjective type. This paper shows how a computational model originally developed to explain classification in noun-noun conjunctions also gives a single explanation for combinations involving standard intersective adjectives, subsective adjectives such as "skilful", and privative adjectives such as "fake". This model may lead to a unified account of naturallanguage word combination.