ABSTRACT
In Chomsky’s grammar model the (non-categorial) semantic-syntactic restrictions on compatibility between lexical elements which prevent the derivation of agrammatical sentences like *The stone thinks. Much debate has centered on the question of whether selection restrictions are of a syntactic or a semantic nature. The violation of selection restrictions often underlies creativity in language and the poetic use of language. ( also inherent semantic relation, metaphor)
References
Chomsky. N. 1965. Aspects of the theory of syntax. Cambridge, MA. McCawley, J.D. 1968a. Lexical insertion in a transformational grammar without deep structure.
