Eckhard Bick - VISL

Ee = entities (±CONCRETE)
Cc = ±CONTROL
Ii = ±MOVING
Jj = ±MOVABLE
Aa = ±ANIMATE (living)
Hh = ±HUMAN ENTITY
Mm = ±MASS
Nn = number (±COUNTABLE)
Vv = ±VERBAL
Pp = ±PERFECTIVE
Ss = ±MEASURE
Dd = ±PARTITIVE
Xx = ±HUMAN-EXPRESSION
Ff = feature (±ADJECTIVAL)
Ll = ±LOCATION
T = ±TEMPORAL
word polysemy spectrum
faculdade Ee c i j a Hh m N v p s d Xx f Ll t
E
H
X L fakultet
e
h
x l evne
fundo Ee c i j a Hh m Nn v p s d Xx f Ll t
e
h N
x L bund
E
H n
X L fond
e
h N
x L nåleøje
e
h N
x l midler
indústria Ee c i j a Hh M n v p s d Xx f Ll t
E
H m
X L industri
e
h m
x l flid, snilde
justiça Ee c i j
M
a Hh M n v p s d Xx f Ll t
e
h m
x l ret(færdighed)
E
H M
m
X L justits
rede E c i Jj a Hh m Nn v p s d Xx f L t
J h N
x net
j H n
X netværk
J h N
x hængekøje
Ambiguous feature potential - here involving E, J, H, M, N, X and L - is shaded. All
words in the table are ambiguous with regard to the features H and X (±HUM), and
since it is the prototype that contributes the +HUM (H/X) feature potential, and
since all other readings have -HUM (h/x), the prototype can be singled out by
(positively) disambiguating features H or X, i.e. by discarding features h or x.
Thus, the grammar need not address the prototype directly, but can achieve
a considerable effect by merely disambiguating one atomic feature, ±HUM. For every
prototype bundle a list of features can be built such that each member of the list is
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