Compositionality , Flexibility , and Context - Dependence

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  • François Recanati
چکیده

The compositionality idea is the idea that semantic interpretation proceeds in two steps. Simple expressions are interpreted by means of lexical rules, which assign meanings to them directly. Complex expressions are interpreted by means of compositional rules, which assign meanings to them indirectly, as a function of the meanings of their parts. For any simple expression , the associated lexical rule says that the interpretation of  is a certain entity m :

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تاریخ انتشار 2009