1. INTRODUCTION -- 1.1 Orientation of the present study -- 1.1.1 Semantic vs. syntactic information -- 1.1.2 Deviance vs. non-deviance -- 1.2 Modes of interpretation, possible readings and likely readings -- 1.3 Features, concepts, senses and reference -- 1.4 Metaphorical and non-metaphorical interpretations -- 1.5 Technical terms -- 2. SEMANTIC FEATURES OF NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES -- 2.1 Classifying features: primary features -- 2.1.1 Higher-level primary features -- 2.1.2 Lower-level primary features -- 2.1.2.1 Lower-level primary features of nouns -- 2.1.2.2 Lower-level primary features of adjectives -- 2.1.3 Primary features of nouns as contextual features -- 2.1.4 Residue of meaning -- 2.2 Meaning-extending features -- 2.2.1 Generative features and transfer features -- 2.2.2 Secondary features and evaluative features -- 2.3 Predicational relators -- 2.4 Summary and conclusions -- 2.4.1 Nature and function of primary features -- 2.4.2 Extensions of primary features: factual beliefs and the notion "typically asso ciated with" -- 2.4.3 The function of contextual features -- 2.4.4 Secondary features -- 2.4.5 Polysemy -- 2.4.6 Metaphorical readings and the notion "semantic background" -- 3. INTERPRETIVE RULES AND PROCESSING -- 3.1 Non-metaphorical readings -- 3.1.1 General processing -- 3.1.2 Survey of non-metaphorical readings -- 3.1.2.1 Readings involving basic senses -- 3.1.2.2 Readings involving extended senses -- 3.1.2.3 Transfer readings -- 3.1.2.4 Case-assignment -- 3.1.2.5 I-transfer and Ev-assignment -- 3.2 Metaphorical readings -- 3.2.1 General processing -- 3.2.2 Survey of metaphorical readings -- 3.2.2.1 Extended non-metaphorical readings vs. metaphorical readings -- 3.2.2.2 Degrees of explicitness and levels of metaphorization -- 3.2.2.3 Metaphorical readings with I-transfer and Ev-assignment.

3.3 Summary and conclusions: the wider context -- 3.3.1 Interpretive strategies -- 3.3.2 A new look at extended readings -- APPENDIX 1: PR's, typical CONT features, typical PR's -- APPENDIX 2: Survey of features -- APPENDIX 3: Survey of readings -- APPENDIX 4: Abbreviations and symbols -- REFERENCES CITED -- INDEX.