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We present a Lexicalized Tree Adjoining Grammar with lexical meaning specifications in Frame Semantics for the analysis of complex situations. Frame Semantics is extended by a notion of quantifier frames, which provide the basis for a translation function from frames to underspecified type-logical representations. An analysis of repetitive and restitutive readings of achievements with the adverb again demonstrates the interaction of all components of the new semantic architecture.
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Kallmeyer, L., Richter, F. (2014). Quantifiers in Frame Semantics. In: Morrill, G., Muskens, R., Osswald, R., Richter, F. (eds) Formal Grammar. FG 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8612. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-44121-3_5
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