Compositional operations of Mandarin Chinese perception verb "kàn": A generative lexicon approach

Shan Wang; Chu-ren Huang

Compositional operations of Mandarin Chinese perception verb "kàn": A generative lexicon approach

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Abstract

The compositional operation of a predicate can be very complex. This paper captures a full picture of such an operation through investigating genuine corpus data of Chinese perception verb (kàn, look at). The study reveals that context and qualia structure can affect the meaning of verb-argument composition of "kàn". It also shows that the compositional ability of "kàn" varies under different senses, and each sense has its own type selection preference.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	PACLIC 24 - Proceedings of the 24th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation
Pages	707-714
Number of pages	8
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2010
Event	24th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, PACLIC 24 - Sendai, Japan Duration: 4 Nov 2010 → 7 Nov 2010

Conference

Conference	24th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, PACLIC 24
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Sendai
Period	4/11/10 → 7/11/10

Keywords

Accommodation
Exploitation
Introduction
Kàn
Selection

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Language and Linguistics
Computer Science (miscellaneous)

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Compositional operations of Mandarin Chinese perception verb "kàn": A generative lexicon approach. / Wang, Shan; Huang, Chu-ren.
PACLIC 24 - Proceedings of the 24th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation. 2010. p. 707-714.

Research output: Chapter in book / Conference proceeding › Conference article published in proceeding or book › Academic research › peer-review

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