Browsing Computer Science Technical Reports by Author "Costello, Fintan"
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Polysemy in Conceptual Combination: Testing the Constraint Theory of Combination
Costello, Fintan; Keane, Mark T. (Trinity College Dublin, Department of Computer Science, 1996-12)Most novel noun-noun combinations are polysemous in that they tend to suggest several possible meanings. A finger cup can be a cup in which fingers are washed, a cup shaped like a finger, a narrow cup and so on. In this ... -
Where do "Soccer Moms" Come From? : Cognitive Constraints on Noun-Noun Compounding in English
Keane, Mark T.; Costello, Fintan (Trinity College Dublin, Department of Computer Science, 1996-12)Every year new noun-noun combinations enter the English language and become common parlance; compounds like "notebook computer" and "soccer mom". But, why is one pair of words chosen rather than another pair ? For ...