This level constructs a semantic representation that is dependent on the source language.
Ideasthesia is a rare psychological phenomenon that in certain individuals associates semantic and sensory representations.
This suggests that semantic representations are beneficial to immediate serial recall performance.
A semantic representation of this sort is at a higher-level of abstraction than a syntax tree.
If this view is right, successful semantic representation requires an eye on our own position in the world.
In this step the structural description is mapped onto the semantic representations giving rise to a full specification of the object.
The semantic representations are converted to surface words using a target language grammar.
If the semantic representation cannot be created from the parse structure then the sentence is rejected.
The middle of the spectrum contains the theories that "suggest that related senses share a general or core semantic representation."
For example, all encounters with how a "dog" looks and sounds like will make up the semantic representation of that word.