Dimensional Adjectives and Measure Phrases in Vector Space Semantics.
Martina Faller · Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) · 2000
This paper would not have been written without the continuous support of David Beaver from its very beginnings. We are very grateful to Yoad Winter for all his comments, but especially his ideas regarding modi cation and coordination. Many thanks also to an anonymous reviewer for their insightful remarks on a previous version. DAs are a subgroup of gradable adjectives. Gradable adjectives (GA) are those adjectives that order objects with respect to the extent to which an object possesses the relevant property, e.g. intelligent, big. With dimensional adjectives this extent can be quanti ed using measure phrases, e.g. 3cm long.