Compositionality of NN compounds: A case study on [N 1+artifactual-type event nouns]

Shan Wang; Chu-ren Huang; Hongzhi Xu

Compositionality of NN compounds: A case study on [N ₁+artifactual-type event nouns]

Shan Wang, Chu-ren Huang, Hongzhi Xu

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

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Generative Lexicon theory (GL) establishes three mechanisms at work when a predicate selects an argument, i.e. pure selection, accommodation and type coercion. They are widely used in verbal selection of nouns in the entity domain. However, little attention has been devoted to the compositionality of [N1+event noun] type NN compounds. This paper extends the usage of these mechanisms in two ways: 1) the eventive nominal head selection of a nominal modifier, and 2) their use in the eventive domain, through the case study on [N1+bǐsài 'competition']. Moreover, it reveals a new compositional mechanism subcomposition. It also discovers the domain contribution in type coercion. This work enriches the study on compositionality and GL.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 26th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, PACLIC 2012
Pages	70-79
Number of pages	10
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2012
Event	26th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, PACLIC 2012 - Bali, Indonesia Duration: 7 Nov 2012 → 7 Nov 2012

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Conference	26th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information and Computation, PACLIC 2012
Country/Territory	Indonesia
City	Bali
Period	7/11/12 → 7/11/12

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

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