Categories in the lexicon

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4766020
AutoresJan Don (0000-0002-6958-218X, autor correspondente)
Ano2004
Volume42
Fascículo5
Data de publicação2004-01-30
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLinguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0024-3949 • E-ISSN: 1613-396X
EditoraWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/ling.2004.033
OpenAlexW1977091897
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas9
Referências citadas9

This article argues against the hypothesis that roots are stored in the lexicon without categorial specification, such as noun and verb, as proposed in Marantz (1997, 2001). On the basis of evidence from Dutch, we show that certain generalizations and rules cannot be expressed without having roots that are lexically specified for their category. Furthermore, we show that the arguments put forward by Barner and Bale (2002) for categorial underspecification are not valid with respect to the data from Dutch. Finally, following Kiparsky (1997), we show that analyses of denominal verbs in English that embrace the categorial underspecification hypothesis run into serious problems. We conclude that roots are stored in the lexicon with a categorial specification

Lexicon · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Categorization, perception, and language · Computer Science · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation