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Manfred at 22:38, 23 July 2014

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	# Even though the usual semantic selection restriction of the verb ''kill'' is violated in the seconde sentence, this violation does not lead to uninterpretability. Rather the sentence is interpreted in a figurative way, i.e., killing one's honorability is seen as causing one's own good reputation to disappear.		# Even though the usual semantic selection restriction of the verb ''kill'' is violated in the seconde sentence, this violation does not lead to uninterpretability. Rather the sentence is interpreted in a figurative way, i.e., killing one's honorability is seen as causing one's own good reputation to disappear.
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Manfred at 09:53, 16 July 2014

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Manfred: /* Task 8: Analysis: Syntactic structure and semantic combinatorics */

2014-07-09T15:21:18Z

Task 8: Analysis: Syntactic structure and semantic combinatorics

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Manfred: /* Task 9: General mechanisms of LRS */

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Task 9: General mechanisms of LRS

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	(b) The formula does not use all expressions from the PARTS list: the expression '''macbeth'''<sub>e</sub> is missing.		(b) The formula does not use all expressions from the PARTS list: the expression '''macbeth'''<sub>e</sub> is missing.

	(c) '''macbeth''' is of type e, '''mistrust''' is of type <e,<e,t>>. Therefore, '''macbeth'' cannot be the functor taking '''mistrust''' as its argument.		(c) '''macbeth''' is of type e, '''mistrust''' is of type <e,<e,t>>. Therefore, '''macbeth''' cannot be the functor taking '''mistrust''' as its argument.

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Manfred at 23:08, 4 July 2014

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	Mock exam file: ~~download the~~ [[File:mock-exam-sose14.pdf\|pdf file]]		Mock exam file: [[File:mock-exam-sose14.pdf\|pdf file]]

	The examples in the text are based on Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth''. The full text of the play is available on [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2264 Projekt Gutenberg].		The examples in the text are based on Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth''. The full text of the play is available on [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2264 Projekt Gutenberg].

Manfred at 23:07, 4 July 2014

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	The examples in the text are based on Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth''. The full text of the play is available on [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2264 Projekt Gutenberg].		The examples in the text are based on Shakespeare's play ''Macbeth''. The full text of the play is available on [http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2264 Projekt Gutenberg].

Manfred: /* Task 10: Local semantic phenomena */

2014-07-04T23:00:59Z

Task 10: Local semantic phenomena

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	1. [Lady Macbeth’s madness]/#[The crazy queen] started after Duncan’s death.		1. [Lady Macbeth’s madness]/#[The crazy queen] started after Duncan’s death.
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			A sortal restriction is violated:
			# The verb ''start'' takes an eventuality as its semantic argument. The NP ''Lady Macbeth's madness'' is such an eventuality, but ''the crazy queen'' is not (it refers to an indivdiual).
			# The deviant sentence is an instance of a violated sortal restriction because the resulting sentence cannot be interpreted.
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	2. Macbeth killed [the king]/?[his honourableness].		2. Macbeth killed [the king]/?[his honourableness].
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			A weaker, further semantic selection restriction is violated.
			# Usually the verb ''kill'' takes a living being as its syntactic complement and its patient argument. In the second version, the complement NP refers to an abstract entity.
			# Even though the usual semantic selection restriction of the verb ''kill'' is violated in the seconde sentence, this violation does not lead to uninterpretability. Rather the sentence is interpreted in a figurative way, i.e., killing one's honorability is seen as causing one's own good reputation to disappear.
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Manfred: /* Task 10: Local semantic phenomena */

2014-07-04T22:53:02Z

Task 10: Local semantic phenomena

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	=== Task 10: Local semantic phenomena ===		=== Task 10: Local semantic phenomena ===

			What kind of semantic restriction is violated in the deviating forms of the following sentences? Give a
			reason for your decision.

			1. [Lady Macbeth’s madness]/#[The crazy queen] started after Duncan’s death.
			2. Macbeth killed [the king]/?[his honourableness].


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