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NSM vs. MKR

NSM vs. MKR

NSM category NSM prime MKR concept MKR category
substantives I
YOU
SOMEONE
SOMETHING/THING
PEOPLE/PERSON
I
you
someone
something
person
variable-pronoun
variable-pronoun
variable-pronoun
variable-pronoun
entity-ANIMAL
determiners THIS
THE SAME
OTHER/ELSE
the
is
not is
quantifier
verb-alias
verb-alias
quantifiers ONE
TWO
ALL
MANY/MUCH
SOME
-
a,any
-
all
-
some
no
quantifier
quantifier
quantifier
quantifier
quantifier
quantifier
mental predicates WANT
FEEL
THINK
KNOW
-
SEE
HEAR
-
-
-
want
feel
think
know
believe
see
hear
touch
taste
smell
action-mental
action-mental
action-mental
action-mental
action-mental
action-sense
action-sense
action-sense
action-sense
action-sense
speech SAY
WORD
say
word
action-mental
OBJECT-symbol
actions,
events,
movement
DO
HAPPEN
MOVE
do...with...out...od...from...to...done
...do...od...done
move
verb-action
verb-action
action
existence THERE IS
-
-
-
existent
nonexistent
-
existent
nonexistent
life LIVE
DIE
live
die
action
action
evaluators,
descriptors
GOOD
BAD
BIG
SMALL
good
bad
big
small
attribute-emotion
attribute-emotion
attribute-size
attribute-size
time WHEN/TIME
NOW
BEFORE
AFTER
A LONG TIME
A SHORT TIME
FOR SOME TIME
?
now
before
after
long
short
some
variable-question
attribute-time
verb-time
verb-time
attribute-duration
attribute-duration
attribute-duration
space WHERE/PLACE
HERE
ABOVE
BELOW
NEAR
FAR
SIDE
INSIDE
-
?
here
above
below
near
far
beside
inside
outside
variable-question
attribute-space
verb-space
verb-space
attribute-distance
attribute-distance
verb-space
verb-space
verb-space
logical concepts NOT
MAYBE
IF
CAN
BECAUSE
-
-
-
not,non
maybe
if ... then ... else ... fi
do*...with...out...od...from...to...done
because/causes
and,or
is ... of ... with ...
means/isref
complement
view
control-conditional
verb-action
conjunction-causality
conjunction
verb-definition
conjunction-symbol
intensifier,
augmentor
VERY
MORE
very
more
quantifier-attribute
quantifier-attribute
taxonomy,
partonomy
KIND OF
PART OF
-
-
-
-
isa/iss/isu/isc/isg/isp
isapart/haspart
group
ismem/isall
isalt/isany
begin ... end
verb-hierarchy
verb-part
OBJECT-abstract
verb-inclusive
verb-exclusive
control-definition
similarity LIKE
like
conjunction
- -
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
purpose
has
rel,isin
every
method
script
[ ... , ... ]
{ ... ; ... ; }
at space= ... time= ... view= ...
attribute
verb-attribute
verb-relation
control-iteration
action-method
interaction
phrase list
proposition list
context

References

  1. Cliff Goddard, "Polysemy: A Problem of Definition", pp. 129 - 151 in Yael Ravin and Claudia Leacock, "Polysemy: Theoretical and Computational Approaches", Oxford University Press, 2000.
  2. Richard H. McCullough, "MKR/MKE Tutorial", http://rhm.cdepot.net/doc/MKEtutorial.html
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