Minimal Semantics and Word Sense Disambiguation

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Autor(a) principal: Gasparri, Luca
Data de Publicação: 2014
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10451/24955
Resumo: Emma Borg has defined semantic minimalism as the thesis that the literal content of well-formed declarative sentences is truth-evaluable, fully determined by their lexico-syntactic features, and recoverable by language users with no need to access non-linguistic information. The task of this article is threefold. First, I shall raise a criticism to Borg’s minimalism based on how speakers disambiguate homonymy. Second, I will explore some ways Borg might respond to my argument and maintain that none of them offers a conclusive reply to my case. Third, I shall suggest that in order for Borg’s minimalism to best accommodate the problem discussed in this paper, it should allow for semantically incomplete content and be converted into a claim about linguistic competence.
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spelling Minimal Semantics and Word Sense DisambiguationSemantic minimalismLexico-syntactic processingLiteral meaningWord sense disambiguationHomonymyEmma Borg has defined semantic minimalism as the thesis that the literal content of well-formed declarative sentences is truth-evaluable, fully determined by their lexico-syntactic features, and recoverable by language users with no need to access non-linguistic information. The task of this article is threefold. First, I shall raise a criticism to Borg’s minimalism based on how speakers disambiguate homonymy. Second, I will explore some ways Borg might respond to my argument and maintain that none of them offers a conclusive reply to my case. Third, I shall suggest that in order for Borg’s minimalism to best accommodate the problem discussed in this paper, it should allow for semantically incomplete content and be converted into a claim about linguistic competence.Universidade de Lisboa, Faculdade de Letras, Centro de FilosofiaRepositório da Universidade de LisboaGasparri, Luca2016-11-02T10:35:04Z2014-112014-11-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10451/24955eng0873-626Xinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-11-08T16:14:13Zoai:repositorio.ul.pt:10451/24955Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T21:42:00.577227Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Minimal Semantics and Word Sense Disambiguation
title Minimal Semantics and Word Sense Disambiguation
spellingShingle Minimal Semantics and Word Sense Disambiguation
Gasparri, Luca
Semantic minimalism
Lexico-syntactic processing
Literal meaning
Word sense disambiguation
Homonymy
title_short Minimal Semantics and Word Sense Disambiguation
title_full Minimal Semantics and Word Sense Disambiguation
title_fullStr Minimal Semantics and Word Sense Disambiguation
title_full_unstemmed Minimal Semantics and Word Sense Disambiguation
title_sort Minimal Semantics and Word Sense Disambiguation
author Gasparri, Luca
author_facet Gasparri, Luca
author_role author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Gasparri, Luca
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Semantic minimalism
Lexico-syntactic processing
Literal meaning
Word sense disambiguation
Homonymy
topic Semantic minimalism
Lexico-syntactic processing
Literal meaning
Word sense disambiguation
Homonymy
description Emma Borg has defined semantic minimalism as the thesis that the literal content of well-formed declarative sentences is truth-evaluable, fully determined by their lexico-syntactic features, and recoverable by language users with no need to access non-linguistic information. The task of this article is threefold. First, I shall raise a criticism to Borg’s minimalism based on how speakers disambiguate homonymy. Second, I will explore some ways Borg might respond to my argument and maintain that none of them offers a conclusive reply to my case. Third, I shall suggest that in order for Borg’s minimalism to best accommodate the problem discussed in this paper, it should allow for semantically incomplete content and be converted into a claim about linguistic competence.
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