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This paper deals with the semantic interpretation of Chinese noun compounds. We first propose a novel taxonomy of Chinese noun compounds based on the syntagmatic possibility and semantic transparency. Further, we analyze the qualia structure of the nouns and their relations with the hidden verbs. In the end, we propose a fine-grained classification and the interpretation patterns of the noun compounds.
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Wang, L., Wang, M. (2015). A Study on the Taxonomy of Chinese Noun Compounds. In: Lu, Q., Gao, H. (eds) Chinese Lexical Semantics. CLSW 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9332. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27194-1_27
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