GENERATIVITY AND EXPLANATION IN SEMANTICS - A REPLY TO FODOR AND LEPORE

Authors
PUSTEJOVSKY J
Citation
J. Pustejovsky, GENERATIVITY AND EXPLANATION IN SEMANTICS - A REPLY TO FODOR AND LEPORE, Linguistic inquiry, 29(2), 1998, pp. 289-311
Citations number
60
Categorie Soggetti
Language & Linguistics","Language & Linguistics
Journal title
Linguistic inquiry → ACNP
ISSN journal
00243892
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
289 - 311
Database
ISI
SICI code
0024-3892(1998)29:2<289:GAEIS->2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
In this article I address the remarks made in Fodor and Lepore's artic le, ''The Emptiness of the Lexicon: Reflections on James Pustejovsky's The Generative Lexicon,'' regarding the research program outlined in Pustejovsky 1995. My response focuses on two themes, FL's misreadings and misinterpretations of the substance as well as the details of the theory, and the generally negative and unconstructive view of the stud y of semantics and natural language meaning inherent in their approach .