This paper surveys the current state of the art in Natural Language Generation (NLG),
defined as the task of generating text or speech from non-linguistic input. A survey of NLG is …

An argument for, and account of linguistic universals in the morphology of comparison,
combining empirical breadth and theoretical rigor. This groundbreaking study of the …

Ambiguity and vagueness are two varieties of interpretive uncertainty which are often
discussed together, but are distinct both in their essential features and in their significance …

Modifiers and modification have been a major focus of inquiry for as long as the formal study
of semantics has existed, and remain at the heart of major theoretical debates in the field …

This paper investigates the way that linguistic expressions influence vagueness, focusing on
the interpretation of the positive (unmarked) form of gradable adjectives. I begin by …

This book presents a model of event structure for the analysis of aspectual constructions and
argument structure constructions in English and other languages. Representing the …

The ideal introduction for students of semantics, Lexical Meaning fills the gap left by more
general semantics textbooks, providing the teacher and the student with insights into word …

Humans naturally acquire languages that connect meanings with pronunciations. Paul M.
Pietroski presents an account of these distinctive languages as generative procedures that …

Current theories of aspect acknowledge the pervasiveness of verbs of variable telicity, and
are designed to account both for why these verbs show such variability and for the complex …

Affectedness—usually construed as a persistent change in or impingement of an event
participant—has been implicated in argument realization, lexical aspect, transitivity, and …