A treatment of directionals in two implemented HPSG grammars
Dorothee Beermann, Lars Hellan · Proceedings of the International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar · 2004
This article proposes a semantics of directional expressions in Norwegian and German, regarded as VP modifiers. The analysis uses Minimal Recursion Semantics, as an integrated part of Matrix-based HPSG grammars. Directional expressions are analyzed as modifying an individual, the 'mover'. Context dependent directionals like here receive a decomposed analysis. Telicity values reflecting various types of directional and locative expressions are computed.