The theory is not merely semantic analysis, but transformational grammar at
the text level with semantic restraints. It assumes that the genitive noun
phrase (N2) that modifies the head noun (N1) is the remnant of a dependent
clause (S) about N1 and N2 that defines the semantic relationship between the
two.
The rule needs to be expanded to include an understood deletion/substitution
transformation T(ds) that deletes all unnecessarily redundant old
information from the dependent clause, or otherwise substitutes pronouns; redundant old
information is retained only to avoid ambiguity.
N1|S(N1, N2) * T(ds) ==> N1 + N2(gen)
Linguistic analysis then consists of the reverse process:
[N1 + N2(gen)] * B(ds) ==> N1|S(N1, N2)
where B(ds) is the back transformation equivalent of T(ds) which restores the content of the dependent clause (S). The author assumed that his readers intuitively would be able to know the content of S. Students should be taught to
find that information as well.
Jim Price
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