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  <Title>On The Semantic Interpretation of Nominals</Title>
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5. Conclusion and Future Research
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    <Paragraph position="0"> In this paper we have argued against the treatment of polysemy as a relation between meanings in a homogeneous concept space. Rather, we argue, that tbr nominals at least, there are well-defined subsystems of logically structured ambiguities arising from determinate and finite sources. We suggest that the incorporation of hidden events in the lexical entry of a nominal provides a handle for linking to other grammatical systems such as aspect mad thematic roles, as well as exposing the behavior of other relationships, such as figure-ground, which also have grammatical reflexes. The utility of such a representation in NLU systems is illustrated by the applications to such tasks as lexical selection in naturM language generation as well as to word sense disambiguation tasks and applications in machine translation. For example~ we are examining the subtle range of grammaticalizations involved in German nominalization patterns using an event-based semantics; i.e. assessing the appropriateness of one nominal expression over another. Finally, it is interesting to speculate on what the relationship between LCP-theory and acquisition and metaphor is. We are exploring this in current extensions to this work.</Paragraph>
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