Lexical decomposition in semantic primitives and analicity: on the possibility of deriving ‘kill’ from ‘cause to die’
Keywords:
semantic primitives, analicity, lexical decompositionAbstract
This paper aims to analyze some central arguments related to the debate between atomists and decomposicionalists concerning lexical meaning. First, some general atomist arguments are described in order to establish the discussion. After that, analicity, a basic matter related to inferences which result in semantic primitives, is closely analyzed. Finally, some decompositionist approaches are focused on in order to realize how they respond their critics.
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