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|| The copula ''be'' is a CONTENT-raiser, i.e., its CONTENT value is identical with that of its complement, here the adjective ''happy''. | || The copula ''be'' is a CONTENT-raiser, i.e., its CONTENT value is identical with that of its complement, here the adjective ''happy''. | ||
|| The PARTS list of ''be'' only contains those elements that are also in the CONTENT (at least while we ignore tense). | || The PARTS list of ''be'' only contains those elements that are also in the CONTENT (at least while we ignore tense). | ||
{Sentence: ''Alex had been happy.''<br />Logical form (ignoring tense and aspect!): (('''happy''' • ''e'') • '''alex''')<br /> | |||
Which parts of the logical form are contributed by which word? | |||
|type="[]"} | |||
|''e'' ¦ |'''alex''' ¦ |'''happy''' ¦ | '''happy''' • ''e'' ¦ | ('''happy''' • ''e'') • '''alex''' | |||
-+--- ''Alex'' | |||
+-+-- ''had'' | |||
+-+-- ''been'' | |||
+-+++ ''happy'' | |||
|| The copula ''be'' and the perfect auxiliary ''have'' are CONTENT-raisers. So, ''been'' has the same CONTENT as the adjective ''happy'', | |||
|| and ''has'' has the same CONTENT value as ''been''. | |||
{Sentence: ''Pat waited for Chris''<br />Logical form: (('''wait''' • ''e'') • '''chris''') • '''pat'''<br /> | {Sentence: ''Pat waited for Chris''<br />Logical form: (('''wait''' • ''e'') • '''chris''') • '''pat'''<br /> |
Revision as of 23:15, 12 November 2013
Exercises for chapter 5: Simple LRS
Functional notation
Semantic types
Basic combinatorics
Basic mechanism with canonical examples
Basic mechanism with copula and argument-marking preposition
Nominal expletives
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