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  <Title>Syntax-Driven and Ontology-Driven Lexical Semantics</Title>
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5 Conclusion
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    <Paragraph position="0"> Our approach to lexical semantics combines the benefits of both syntax-driven and ontology-driven semantics. We have been able to use both types of knowledge in several integrated applications. We plan to use this experience to formulate a distinct lexical-semantic theory based on this work. As a preparatory step toward formulating such a theory we have suggested the structure of ontological domain models, lexicons for particular languages and a text meaning representation language (see Carlson and Nirenburg, 1990; Meyer et hi., 1990, Nirenburg and Defrise, 1991a, b).</Paragraph>
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