LIN100Y1 Lecture : Semantics

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Lecture notes for class of february 1, 2010. Note: these notes focus on material that is not in the textbook. Be sure to read chapters 5 and 6. A central question is where do we place semantics in our generative grammar? (which so far, looks like the following): It is clear that we need some meaning in the lexicon. This consists of the meaning of lexical items, which is very hard to represent (see discussion in the textbook about the meaning of colour terms like blue", and other aspects of lexical meaning such as antonymy etc. ). We will focus today on one aspect of lexical meaning, and explore how it is realized in syntax, namely the thematic argument structure of words, focusing mainly on verbs. First: let"s look at how meaning can be reflected in structure, in terms of modification. The textbook places modifiers as daughters of xp and sisters of x" (p.

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