A Minimal Recursion Semantic Analysis of Locatives
November 15, 2009 | BY webmaster
Journal Volume:
35
Journal Issue:
2
Pages:
229–270
The article describes a pilot implementation of a grammar containing different types of locative PPs. In particular, we investigate the distinction between static and directional locatives, and between different types of directional locatives. Locatives may act as modifiers as well as referring expressions depending on the syntactic context. We handle this with a single lexical entry. The implementation is of Norwegian locatives, but English locatives are both discussed and compared to Norwegian locatives.