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The Theta System – a lexico-semantic approach?

Theoretical Linguistics, 2002
Abstract Tanya Reinhart's “The Theta System” is mainly meant to explain the linking behaviour and the particular binding properties of experiencing verbs. Following Pesetsky (1995), Reinhart argues that verbs like worry possess three arguments: a cause, an experiencer and a subject matter role.
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Lexico(Grammatical) choice in text generation [PDF]

, 1991
This paper discusses the problem of lexical choice in text generation, suggesting that it has to be viewed as part of the problem of lexicogrammatical choice instead of being isolated. First, the importance of the problem and the need for a general survey are noted.
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A Multilingual Lexico-Semantic Database and Ontology

2014
We discuss the development of a multilingual lexicon linked to the Suggested Upper Merged Ontology (SUMO) formal ontology. The ontology as well as the lexicon have been expressed in Web Ontology Language (OWL), as well as their original formats, for use on the semantic web and in linked data.
Piek Vossen, Christiane Fellbaum, Adam Pease, Francis Bond, Shu-Kai Hsieh, Chu-Ren Huang   +5 more
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Lexico‐semantic variation in Nigerian English

World Englishes, 1989
ABSTRACT: This study describes some aspects of lexico‐semantic variation in Nigerian English. The causes and types of variation are discussed within a sociolinguistic framework. Typical Nigerian English innovations are related to the local socio‐cultural and linguistic context of Nigerian culture and society.
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The Impact of Dyslexia on Lexico-Semantic Abilities:

2022
The chapter presents an overview of the research on the impact of dyslexia on the lexico-semantic level of the linguistic system. “Reduced reading experience” due to difficulties with “word recognition and poor spelling and decoding abilities” is listed as one of the “secondary consequences” of dyslexia in its most widely accepted definition (IDA 2002),
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Focus on Form—The Lexico-Grammar Approach

2018
Traditionally, there has been a clear-cut distinction between vocabulary and grammar in foreign language teaching. The prevailing attitude has been that vocabulary is about learning words, whereas grammar is about learning rules and generalisable patterns based on sentences. Vocabulary consists of a specific set of lexical items while the main function
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Figurative Thinking and Lexico-Grammatical Competence

2006
So far, we have focussed mainly on functional and textual aspects of communicative language ability. In this chapter, we turn to an area of language learning whose relationship to figurative thinking may be less obvious, namely that of grammar. Grammatical competence refers to a language learner’s knowledge of, and ability to use the grammatical system
Jeannette Littlemore, Graham Low
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Lexico‐semantic variation in Nigerian English

World Englishes, 1994
ABSTRACT: The present study examines lexico‐semantic variation in Nigerian English with particular reference to the novels of three prominent Nigerian authors: Chukwuemeka Ike, Kole Omotoso and Zaynab Alkali. Ten categories of lexico‐semantic variation in Nigerian English are identified as follows: (a) loanshift, (b) semantic underdifferentiation, (c)
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Estudios lexicos. Primera serie

Hispanic Review, 1985
Dwayne E. Carpenter, Manuel Alvar
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Lexico-grammar

1998
Randi Reppen, Douglas Biber, Susan Conrad   +2 more
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