Modeling selectional restrictions in a relational type system
This work addresses a theoretical problem in linguistics for researchers, but it appears incremental as it builds on existing type systems without claiming major breakthroughs.
The paper tackles the problem of modeling selectional restrictions in natural language by using a relational type system with morphological and syntactic types, discussing foundations and formalization methods without presenting specific results or numbers.
Selectional restrictions are semantic constraints on forming certain complex types in natural language. The paper gives an overview of modeling selectional restrictions in a relational type system with morphological and syntactic types. We discuss some foundations of the system and ways of formalizing selectional restrictions. Keywords: type theory, selectional restrictions, syntax, morphology