Lexicon of Arguments

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II 220
Grammar/Lewis: The meanings of the constituents are determined by the truth conditions of whole sentences.
II 218
Grammar/Lewis: like a language, set-theoretical entity that can be discussed in complete abstraction of the human practice - clearly generates a language.
II 219
Gavagai: problem: that you can specify several equally good grammars.
IV 191ff
Categorical Grammar/Adjukiewicz/Lewis: (1950s): Categories: names, sentences, generic names - context-free phrase structure rules - lexicon alone specified - proper names are distinguished from NP - both may be a subject, but only names may be object - allows undue iteration of >modal operators. - Vs: transformational grammar: new: simple >phrase structure grammar as a basis, eliminates the weaknesses.
IV 194
Phrase structure grammar/Lewis: Meaning: is then determined through the base structure (phrase structure grammar) - i.e. the transformational component is irrelevant to the semantics. Cf. >transformational grammar.

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