Contents

pp v-vi

List of Contributors

pp vii-x

Preface

pp xi-xii

Introduction: Word Meaning and Creativity

pp xiii-xvi

Part I - Linguistic Creativity and the Lexicon

pp 1-2

1 - Introduction

pp 3-4

2 - Chomsky on the Creative Aspect of Language Use and Its Implications for Lexical Semantic Studies

pp 5-27

3 - The Emptiness of the Lexicon: Critical Reflections on J. Pustejovsky's “The Generative Lexicon”

pp 28-50

4 - Generativity and Explanation in Semantics: A Reply to Fodor and Lepore

pp 51-74

5 - The “Fodor”-FODOR Fallacy Bites Back

pp 75-86

Part II - The Syntax of Word Meaning

pp 87-88

6 - Introduction

pp 89-90

7 - Type Construction and the Logic of Concepts

pp 91-123

8 - Underspecification, Context Selection, and Generativity

pp 124-148

9 - Qualia and the Structuring of Verb Meaning

pp 149-167

10 - Sense Variation and Lexical Semantics: Generative Operations

pp 168-191

11 - Individuation by Partitive Constructions in Spanish

pp 192-215

12 - Event Coreference in Causal Discourses

pp 216-242

Part III - Interfacing the Lexicon

pp 243-244

13 - Introduction

pp 245-246

14 - Metaphor, Creative Understanding, and the Generative Lexicon

pp 247-261

15 - Metaphor in Discourse

pp 262-289

16 - Syntax and Metonymy

pp 290-311

17 - Generative Lexicon Meets Corpus Data: The Case of Nonstandard Word Uses

pp 312-328

Part IV - Building Resources

pp 329-330

18 - Introduction

pp 331-332

19 - Generative Lexicon and the SIMPLE Model: Developing Semantic Resources for NLP

pp 333-349

20 - Lexicography Informs Lexical Semantics: The SIMPLE Experience

pp 350-362

21 - Condensed Meaning in EuroWordNet

pp 363-384