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February 1, 2021
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Meaning amalgamation, phrasal stress, and earning money

Publicated to:Script-Based Semantics: Foundations And Applications. Essays In Honor Of Victor Raskin. 77-90 - 2020-01-01 (), DOI: 10.1515/9781501511707-005

Authors: Boguslavsky I

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Institute for Information Transmission Problems of the Russian Academy of Sciences - Author
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid - Author

Abstract

© 2020 Walter de Gruyter Inc, Boston/Berlin. The major mechanism that governs word meaning amalgamation is the semantic valency filling, or, in a different terminology, establishing predicate- argument pairs. However, this process is much more complex than it is customary to believe and by no means boils down to inserting nouns into the valency slots of verbs. One of the complications is that the slot-filling semantic units do not always correspond to the meanings of words. Often, a slot filler is one of the smaller elements which make part of the word meaning. Another difficulty is due to the fact that the prosody may interfere in the process of semantic interpretation. We demonstrate several examples of different types that illustrate these difficulties. In particular, we show a curious example of prosody- induced semantic shift which results in a humorous effect.

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HumorInternal scopePhrasal stressSemantic shiftSemantic valency

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  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 2 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: Russia.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (BOGUSLAVSKIY MARGOLIN, IGOR) and Last Author (BOGUSLAVSKIY MARGOLIN, IGOR).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been BOGUSLAVSKIY MARGOLIN, IGOR.