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Logical form is the level of representation wherein expressions, or sentences, are assigned a representation of meaning. LF is sometimes referred to as a 'covert' level of representation, because the output of this level is not actually pronounced by the speaker.Ouhalla, J: "Introducing Transformational Grammar." 2nd Ed., page 68. Arnold Publishers, 1999 LF is posited in syntax in order to give a structural account of Semantic ambiguities in sentences. For example, the sentence, "Everyone loves someone" is semantically ambiguous. Specifically, it contains a Scope ambiguity. In other syntactic representations ( Deep Structure and Surface Structure ), this ambiguity is not resolved. LF is a theoretical representation in which this sort of sentence would have two possible structural representations, one for each possible scope-reading, in order to account for the ambiguity by structural differentiation. In this way, it is similar in purpose, but not the same as Logical Form in Logic . NOTES |
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