Abstract
The interplay between linguistic modeling and lexicographic practice has long been a debated issue. In this chapter we present an exercise aimed at showing that the interaction between the two is beneficial to both, provided that a solid methodology is present in the background. As a case study, we focus on the encoding of argument structure for verbs in lexical resources, and use Generative Lexicon Theory as a theoretical background. We discuss the role of arguments in defining the meaning of verbs and identify which Generative Lexicon principles can be helpful for lexicographers in the task of compiling verb entries and disambiguating verb senses based on the nature of their arguments. Finally, we propose a refinement of the set of argument types proposed in the reference theory, as a result of corpus analysis in a lexicographic setting.
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In this context, we abstract away from the incremental changes, which can be identified when looking at events dynamically and in more detail (see Pustejovsky 2013).
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Lexically defaulted arguments encode a participant which class is highly predictable from the meaning of the verb. Predictability, however, does not seem to be a sufficient condition; for example, garment is predictable as object of wear but cannot be left out, as (25b) shows:
$$ {\displaystyle \begin{array}{l}\mathrm{a}.\mathrm{This}\ \mathrm{man}\ \mathrm{does}\ \mathrm{not}\ \mathrm{wear}\ \mathrm{a}\ \mathrm{jogger}\ \mathrm{suit}\ \mathrm{for}\ \mathrm{effect}.\\ {}\mathrm{b}.{}^{\ast}\mathrm{This}\ \mathrm{man}\ \mathrm{does}\ \mathrm{not}\ \mathrm{wear}\ \mathrm{for}\ \mathrm{effect}.\end{array}} $$(25)We will come back to predictability of argument types after discussing the last argument type, i.e., shadow argument, see section “Shadow arguments”.
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The formulae read as follows: sogg = subject; v = verb; arg = argument; prep=preposition; compl.pred. = predicative complement. The author has coordinated and supervised the insertion of these formulas in the second edition of this dictionary.
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Jezek, E. (2018). Generative Lexicon Theory and lexicography. In: Hanks, P., de Schryver, GM. (eds) International Handbook of Modern Lexis and Lexicography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45369-4_13-1
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