Abstract

The term semantic underspecification coined by J. Pustejovsky was initially introduced in Serbian linguistics by Milka Ivic. This paper further develops the term, investigates the level of semantic underspecification of lexemes and examining Serbian lexeme osnova [base] emphasizes conceptual analysis as an appropriate semantic method for investigating lexemes with the broadest (underspecified) semantics.

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