The ILEX project

In a study on German compounding (see Gibbon, [13]), and elsewhere, I have developed a similar model for describing morphology in relation to the lexicon (the ILEX project on Integrated Lexicon Theory). The basic Pollard & Sag model is extended in the ILEX approach in the following ways:

1. The feature structures describing signs are mapped to two models:
   1. Model 1, the basis for phonetic interpretation, stands for types of phonetic, i.e. acoustic, events related to each other by different temporal relations (in phonology). A variant of the first model stands for types of visual events related to each other by different spatial relations (in orthography) or temporal relations (in handwriting or typing).
   2. Model 2, the basis for semantic interpretation, stands for objects, events and states in the real world, and their relations.
2. Phonological and orthographic representations are distinguished, and related in the model. Prosodic features are also included.
3. Morphological construction and interpretation is included.