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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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R. Montague on Compositionality - Dictionary of Arguments
Cresswell I 149 Compositionality/Frege-Principle/Montague/Cresswell: Authors using higher order entities (Montague and Cresswell) do not see themselves as deniers of the Frege principle. This seems to be acknowledged by Hintikka (1982(1), p. 231). >Levels, >Levels of description, >Second Order Logic, >Frege principle, >Quantification over properties, >Sentence meaning, >M. J. Cresswell, >J. Hintikka. 1. Jaakko Hintikka. Comments and replies. Philosophia 11 (1-2):105-119 (1982)_____________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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