Open AccessOn semantic underspecification examining lexeme osnova
Author(s) -
Rajna Dragićević
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
južnoslovenski filolog
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0763
pISSN - 0350-185X
DOI - 10.2298/jfi0864123d
Subject(s) - underspecification , lexeme , linguistics , semantics (computer science) , serbian , lexical semantics , term (time) , philosophy , computer science , lexical item , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
The term semantic underspecification coined by J. Pustejovsky was initially introduced in Serbian linguistics by Milka Ivic. This paper further develops the term, investigates the level of semantic underspecification of lexemes and examining Serbian lexeme osnova [base] emphasizes conceptual analysis as an appropriate semantic method for investigating lexemes with the broadest (underspecified) semantics