Lexical Semantic Theory

A Lexical Semantic Theory is a Theory about Lexical Semantics.

• See: Word, Meaning, Semantic Theory, Syntactic Theory, Morphological Theory, Phonological Theory.

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References

• (M-W Colleg. Dict., 1999) ⇒ Merriam-Webster. (1999). “Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th edition.
  • Its introduction describes some of the challenges of Word Meaning Representation.
    • It suggests that Lexical Semantic Theory is far behind that of Phonetic Theory or Syntactic Theory.
    • It suggests that a Dictionary Entry focuses on the Denotation of Words rather than their Connotation.

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