Examining ambiguous adjectives in adjective-noun phrases: Evidence for representation as a shared core-meaning with sense specialization

Mental Lexicon

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 87-114

  Mullaly, Allison C ^a   Gagné, Christina L ^a   Spalding, Thomas L ^a   Marchak, Kristan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ambiguity; Compounds; Conceptual combination; Meaning representation; Noun phrases; Polysemy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954094410     PISSN: 18711340     EISSN: 18711375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/ml.5.1.04mul     Document Type: Article

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