Towards a Semantic Description of English

2DIME 3DIME actuality adverbial ambiguity applies ascription feature assertion attributive binary taxonomic cats like fish Class of system clause co-reference Commentary 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 explain grammatical HUM MALE hypothetical implies interpretation inversion system irreflexive John JUNIT Katz and Fodor language linguistic Logical properties logically included main predication MALE MAT meaning medial cluster negation notation noun object occur paraphrase past tense PERI phrase PLUR polysemy possible prepositions present principal predication quantification question rank-shifted predication reference relation relationship relative system represented rules of synonymy Scottish Highlands semantic description semantic field semantic specification semantic structure semantic theory sense sentence statements symbolised synonymy syntactic tautology terminal cluster terminal element tion transformational grammar universally quantified verb Weinreich Ιπ τιΜ