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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hello Martha,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thank you very much for your response.
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>That obviously helps me in that it corrects my
understanding of the statement that in DM there is no lexicon. So it is admitted
that there is at least a lexicon / mental dictionary composed of lexical roots
(?)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Karim</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=mcginnis@UCALGARY.CA href="mailto:mcginnis@UCALGARY.CA">Martha
McGinnis</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=DM-LIST@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG
href="mailto:DM-LIST@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG">DM-LIST@LISTSERV.LINGUISTLIST.ORG</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 24, 2004 2:49
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Semantic content &
linguistic objects in DM</DIV>
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<DIV>Dear Karim,</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>If the terminal
nodes are not specified semantically how then can the right phonological
features be targeted? In other words, at which point in the derivation is
the feature [+ voiced] of the phoneme /g/ specified so that the word<I>
gap</I> be inserted instead of the word<I> cap</I> in a sentence
for or even<I> cat</I> instead of a<I> dog</I> ?</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>In DM, any lexical root (cat, cap, dog, gap) can be inserted into any
syntactic position provided for lexical roots. So the syntax could
generate, for example, a structure with (among other things):</DIV>
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<DIV>- a subject DP containing a definite determiner and a root</DIV>
<DIV>- a tense node specified for past tense</DIV>
<DIV>- a verb phrase containing a verbal head, a root, and an object
DP...</DIV>
<DIV>- ...which in turn contains a definite determiner and a root.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>The morphophonology could then produce 'The dog chased the cat,' 'The cap
built the gap', or whatever sense or nonsense you like, as long as it has the
form 'The X verbed the Y'. This output is then interpreted semantically
by consulting the Encyclopedia, which tells us what cats and gaps and caps and
dogs are.</DIV>
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<DIV>Does that help?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Best,</DIV>
<DIV>Martha</DIV><X-SIGSEP><PRE>--
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<DIV>mcginnis@ucalgary.ca</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>