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| Compositionality, linguistics, language philosophy: the thesis (originally by G. Frege, Grundlagen der Arithmetik, 1884) that the meaning of composite expressions, e.g. sentences, results from the meanings of the parts. It follows that a change of the parts, e.g. replacement of a single word by another, can change the meaning of the entire composite structure. See also Frege principle._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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M.J. Cresswell on Compositionality - Dictionary of Arguments
II 25 Def Functional Compositional Semantics/Compositionality/Structure/Propositional Attitudes/Cresswell: E.g. Def Meaning/functionally compositional/Cresswell: "5 + 7" is the result of the fact that we let the function that is the meaning of the plus sign "+" (i.e. the operation of addition) operate on the two numbers 5 and 7. II 27 Compositionality/Cresswell: choosing compositional semantics was motivated by the fact that there is a close connection between meaning and reference. >Meaning, >Reference. II 27 Non-Functional Compositional/Semantics/Katz/Cresswell: such a semantics was presented by Katz - but he expects that truth and reference have no place in a semantic theory. >Meaning/Katz, >Jerrold J. Katz._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Cr I M. J. Cresswell Semantical Essays (Possible worlds and their rivals) Dordrecht Boston 1988 Cr II M. J. Cresswell Structured Meanings Cambridge Mass. 1984 |
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Ed. Martin Schulz, access date 2024-04-16