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Obligatory Modification II<br />
PRINCIPLE OF SEMANTIC DISCERNIBILITY:<br />
In a phrase, the mean<strong>in</strong>g contributions of one daughter may not be a<br />
non-empty subset of the mean<strong>in</strong>g contributions of another daughter.<br />
* She [VP: smiled a smile].<br />
She smiled a happy smile.<br />
smiled: ∃e( smile(e) ∧ Ag(e, ))<br />
a smile: ∃e( smile(e) )<br />
* VP: ∃e( smile(e) ∧ Ag(e, ))<br />
She: x<br />
∃e( smile(e) ∧ Ag(e, x ))<br />
smiled: ∃e( smile(e) ∧ Ag(e, ))<br />
a happy smile: ∃e( smile(e) ∧happy(e) )<br />
She: x<br />
∃e( smile(e) ∧happy(e) ∧ Ag(e, x ))<br />
Manfred Sailer (Gött<strong>in</strong>gen) <strong>Cognate</strong> <strong>Objects</strong> HPSG 2010 31 / 39
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