hor ical ▁meaning . ▁The ▁dev iance ▁of ▁the ▁b - sent ences ▁is ▁addressed ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁selection . ▁The ▁selection al ▁restrictions ▁of ▁the ▁pred ic ates ▁is ▁wil ting ▁and ▁d rank ▁are ▁viol ated . ▁ ▁When ▁a ▁mismatch ▁between ▁a ▁selector ▁and ▁a ▁selected ▁element ▁triggers ▁re inter pret ation ▁of ▁the ▁meaning ▁of ▁those ▁elements , ▁that ▁process ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁co erc ion . ▁ ▁S - selection ▁vs . ▁c - selection ▁One ▁sometimes ▁enc oun ters ▁the ▁terms ▁s ( em antic )- selection ▁and ▁c ( ategory )- selection . ▁The ▁concept ▁of ▁c - selection ▁over laps ▁to ▁an ▁extent ▁with ▁sub c ategor ization . ▁Pred ic ates ▁c - select ▁the ▁s ynt actic ▁category ▁of ▁their ▁complement ▁arguments ▁- ▁e . g . ▁n oun ▁( phr ase ), ▁verb ▁( phr ase ), ▁ad jective ▁( phr ase ), ▁etc . ▁- ▁i . e . ▁they ▁determine ▁the ▁s ynt actic ▁category ▁of ▁their ▁comple ments . ▁In ▁contrast , ▁pred ic ates ▁s - select ▁the ▁semantic ▁content ▁of ▁their ▁arguments . ▁Thus ▁s - selection ▁is ▁a ▁semantic ▁concept , ▁whereas ▁c - selection ▁is ▁a ▁s ynt actic ▁one . ▁When ▁the ▁term ▁selection ▁or ▁selection al ▁restrictions ▁appears ▁alone ▁without ▁the ▁c - ▁or ▁s -, ▁s - selection ▁is ▁usually ▁understood . ▁ ▁The ▁b - sent ences ▁above ▁do ▁not ▁contain ▁viol ations ▁of ▁the ▁c - selection al ▁restrictions