Towards a Semantic Description of English

2DIME 3DIME actuality adverbial ambiguity applies ascription feature assertions attributive basic statements bigamy binary taxonomic Class of system clause co-reference Commentary concepts condition construed containing Contextual properties contextual redundancy rules contradiction contrast countable defined definite formator deictic dependence rule difference distinction downgraded predication element English equivalent example existential quantifier explain formula grammatical HUM MALE MAT hypothetical IDIME implies interpretation inversion system irreflexive John Katz and Fodor language linguistic Logical properties logically included main predication meaning medial cluster negation negative notation notion noun object occur paraphrase past tense PERI phrase PLUR polysemy possible prepositions present principal predication PROX quantification question rank-shifted predication reference relation relationship relative system represented Scottish Highlands semantic analysis semantic description semantic field semantic specification semantic structure semantic theory sense sentence symbolised synonymy syntactic tautology terminal cluster terminal element tion transformational grammar universally quantified verb Weinreich