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I'm interested in trying to apply some of the ideas in Lexical Semantics to
Dublex. Trying to apply the techniques is a great way for me to really
learn them.
Paul Bartlett posted Interglossa's closed verb set to AUXLANG today. It
would be interesting to transform this list into a LexSem approach.
Verboid | Subject | Direct Object | Ind Obj (preceded by a(d))
--------+----------------+-------------------+----------------------------
acouste | hearer | stimulus | --
acte | performer | performance | victim
balle | motive agent | what is moved | --
| (sender) | | --
date | giver | what is given | recipient
detecte | finder | what is found | --
dicte | speaker | what is said | audience
esthe | person | -- | --
facte | maker | product | --
gene | receiver | acquisition | --
habe | possessor | what is possessed | --
kine | mover | -- | --
mote | motive agent | what is moved | destination
| (mover) | | --
perde | loser | what is lost | --
reacte | what reacts | stimulus | --
stimule | exciting agent | response | --
tene | keeper | what is kept | --
tracte | motive agent | what is removed | --
| (remover) | | --
vise | seer | stimulus | --
X acte A Y | X performs the action A on Y
X date A Y | X confers the attribute A on Y
X detecte A Y | X discovers the property A of Y
X dicte A Y | X conveys the communication A to Y
X esthe A Y | X experiences the sentiment A towards Y
X gene A EX Y | X acquires the attribute A from Y
X habe A DE Y | X has the attribute A in relation to Y
X perde A CAUSO Y | X loses the attribute A because of Y
X reacte A Y | X responds to the stimulus A applied to Y
X stimule A Y | X evokes the response A from Y
X tene A Y | X conserves the attribute A on behalf of Y
X tracte A apo Y | X withdraws the attribute A from Y
---
As an exercise in making sure we understand
Agent/Patient/Agent-Patient/Focus, we would change the structure from:
Verboid | Subject | Direct Object | Ind Obj (preceded by a(d))
To:
Verb | Agent | Patient | Agent-Patient | Focus
"In summary, the three major case roles that are capable of being included
within the valency of a verb are:
agent - the entity responsible for the event described by the verb
patient - the entity which experiences the state or change of state
described by the verb
focus - the entity which acts as the referent of a relationship
with the patient"
http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~mslason/lexical_semantics.html#2.0
So:
> balle | motive agent | what is moved | --
balle | mover (motive agent) | what is moved | where it is moved to
Actually, that's "mote" in the list, so I'm not sure why "balle" is
required.
>date | giver | what is given | recipient
date | giver | recipient | what is given
>detecte | finder | what is found | --
detecte | entity who finds something | person something is found for? |
entity looking for something for themselves | item being sought
http://www.emba.uvm.edu/~mslason/lexical_semantics.html#25.0
> dicte | speaker | what is said | audience
dicte | speaker | who is spoken to | what is spoken about
Want to do a couple?
Best regards,
Jeffrey
http://jeffrey.henning.com
http://www.langmaker.com