A frame-based semantics for focusing subjuncts. Lyons, D. & Hirst, G. In Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting, Association for Computational Linguistics, pages 54–61, Pittsburgh, PA, June, 1990.
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A compositional semantics for focusing subjuncts—words such as only, even, and also—is developed from Rooth's theory of association with focus. By adapting the theory so that it can be expressed in terms of a frame-based semantic formalism, a semantics that is more computationally practical is arrived at. This semantics captures progmatic subtleties by incorporating a two-part representation, and recognizes the contribution of intonation to meaning.
@InProceedings{	  lyons1,
  author	= {Dan Lyons and Graeme Hirst},
  title		= {A frame-based semantics for focusing subjuncts},
  booktitle	= {Proceedings of the 28th Annual Meeting, Association for
		  Computational Linguistics},
  address	= {Pittsburgh, PA},
  month		= {June},
  year		= {1990},
  pages		= {54--61},
  abstract	= {A compositional semantics for focusing subjuncts---words
		  such as <I>only, even,</I> and <I>also</I>---is developed
		  from Rooth's theory of association with focus. By adapting
		  the theory so that it can be expressed in terms of a
		  frame-based semantic formalism, a semantics that is more
		  computationally practical is arrived at. This semantics
		  captures progmatic subtleties by incorporating a two-part
		  representation, and recognizes the contribution of
		  intonation to meaning.},
  download	= {http://ftp.cs.toronto.edu/pub/gh/Lyons+Hirst-90.pdf}
}

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