noun)와 ‘책 ·사람 ·물’과 같이 불특정한 개체의 부류나 물질을 나타내는 보통명사(common noun)로 나누기도 하고, ‘연필’과 같은 구체명사와 ‘행복’과 같은 추상명사로 나누기도 하며, ‘book’과 같은 가산명사(可算名詞: count noun)와 ‘water’와 같은 물질명사(物質名詞: massnoun)로 나누기도 한다. 또
Big(“about size”) vs Red(“about color”)
: too few semantic features
- Antonym(x)
Buy(“change in possession”) vs Sell(“change in possession”)
: share all but one semantic feature(direction of the change)
- Antonym(O)
1.5.1.Semantic Features of Nouns
1.5.2.Semantic Features of Verbs
1.5.3.Semantic Features interact with different a
while those in (2) and (4) cannot.
2.2. Thematic Roles
※ Thematic Roles: In semantics, Thematic Roles express the semantic relations that the entities denoted by the noun phrases bear towards the action or state denoted by the verb.
Ex. The boy rolled a red ball.
agent theme
2.2.1. A List of Thematic Roles
※ AGENT: the initiator of some action, capable of acting with
The verb say takes a that-clause as a direct object, optionally with to + object ,and only say takes a direct quotation as a direct object.
And say takes a limited number of noun phrases.
Many say that seat belts are unnecessary.
Tim said to Marco, “It's funny, It looks like a turtle.”
He said that “it is necessary to get up
earlier.”
They said some nice things about you.