We propose a record type theoretical account of cases of copredication which have motivated the introduction of dot types in the Generative Lexicon (Asher and Pustejovsky, 2005). We will suggest that using record types gives us a simple and intuitive account of dot types and also makes a connection between copredication and the use of hypothetical contexts in a record type theoretic analysis of...

A central assumption in generative grammar research on the relationship between syntax and the lexicon is that syntax is a projection of the lexicon. The structure of sentences is a refl ection of the lexical properties of the individual lexical items they contain. In the standard view, each lexical item is associated with a lexical entry that contains three kinds of information, as indicated i...

This paper studies French and English discourses which describe the partition of an entity through aspectuo-temporal operators, namely verbs such as commencer (par) [begin by/with] or adverbs such as ensuite [next]. These aspectuo-temporal operators require a linear order which can be found in the qualia structure of the entities they partition.

The paradigm of packing semantics into words has long been the dogma of lexical semantics. As computational semantics is maturing as a field, we are beginning to see the failure of this paradigm. Pustejovsky’s Generative Lexicon is only able to have generative powers if the semantics packed within a word can anticipate possible combinations with other words. However, even an idealized Generativ...

Given a controversial issue, argument mining from natural language texts (news papers, and any form of text on the Internet) is extremely challenging: domain knowledge is often required together with appropriate forms of inferences to identify arguments. This contribution explores the types of knowledge that are required and how they can be paired with reasoning schemes, language processing and...

We exploit and extend the Generative Lexicon Theory to develop a formal description of adnominal constituents in a lexicon which can deal with linguistic phenomena found in Japanese adnominal constituents. We classify the problematic behavior into "static disambiguation" and "dynamic disambigua-tion" tasks. Static disambiguation can be done using lexical information in a dictionary, whereas dyn...

In this brief note, I explore the cognitive mechanisms involved in interpreting the meanings of events, as conveyed through language. Specifically, I examine the notion of event simulation in the construction of linguistic meaning. Simulations are a special class of minimal models, generated from linguistic input, under a number of agentoriented cognitive constraints. An integral part of this m...

Theories of aspectual composltlon assume that accomplishments arise when a transitive verb has an incremental theme argument which is realized as a quantized NP-foremost, an NP which is not a mass noun or a bare plural-in direct object position. A problem confronting this assumption is the ]arge number of intransitive, unergative verbs in Getman and English that occur in accomplishment expressi...

This paper presents our work on the retrieval of art documents for color artistry concepts. First we show that the query-byexample paradigm popularly used in content-based retrieval can support only limited queryability. The paper then proposes a concept-based retrieval engine based on the generative grammar of elecepts methodology. In the latter, the language by which color artistry concepts a...

Given a controversial issue, argument mining from texts in natural language is extremely challenging: besides linguistic aspects, domain knowledge is often required together with appropriate forms of inferences to identify arguments. A major challenge is then to organize the arguments which have been mined to generate a synthesis that is relevant and usable. We show that the Generative Lexicon ...