Complex predicates: an LFG+glue analysis

Authors

  • John J. Lowe University of Oxford

Keywords:

complex predicates, Lexical Functional Grammar, argument structure, glue semantics

Abstract

In this paper I discuss weaknesses in the traditional LFG account of complex predicates and in the XLE implementation of the same. I argue that the concept of predicate composition in general, and the mechanisms required to achieve it, are problematic, but that the most problematic element is the concept of argument fusion. I show that a semantically-integrated account of complex predicate formation is possible within LFG+glue, an account which provides a simple and effective formalization of argument fusion, and which does not suffer from the weaknesses of traditional approaches.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15398/jlm.v3i2.125

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Published

2016-02-02

How to Cite

Lowe, J. J. (2016). Complex predicates: an LFG+glue analysis. Journal of Language Modelling, 3(2), 413–462. https://doi.org/10.15398/jlm.v3i2.125

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