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Concepts in Linguistics – Concepts in Natural Language

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Conceptual Structures: Logical, Linguistic, and Computational Issues (ICCS 2000)

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This paper deals with different views of lexical semantics. The focus is on the relationship between lexical expressions and conceptual components. First the assumptions about lexicalization and decompositionality of concepts shared by the most semanticists are presented, followed by a discussion of the differences between two-level-semants and one-level-semantics. The final part is concentrated on the interpretation of conceptual components in situations of communication.

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    Gisela Harras

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  1. Institute of Algebra, University of Technology, Dresden, Germany

    Bernhard Ganter

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    Guy W. Mineau

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Harras, G. (2000). Concepts in Linguistics – Concepts in Natural Language. In: Ganter, B., Mineau, G.W. (eds) Conceptual Structures: Logical, Linguistic, and Computational Issues. ICCS 2000. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 1867. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10722280_2

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