compositionality

That compositionality does not constrain lexical meaning might appear paradoxical at first, but the source of paradox is just instability in how the label ˜compositionality™ is used.

Compositionality Szabó, Zoltán Gendler 2007

According to this argument, the problem with indivisibilism arises from thinking compositionally about the continuous, because there is a mismatch between the idea of compositionality on the one hand and the idea of infinite divisibility on the other.

Walter Chatton Keele, Rondo 2007

Since the meaning of particular expressions will not be independent of the meaning of other expressions (in virtue of the commitment to compositionality the meanings of all sentences must be generated on the same finite base), so a theory that generates problematic results in respect of one expression can be expected to generate problematic results elsewhere, and, in particular, to also generate results that do not meet the requirements of Convention T.

Donald Davidson Malpas, Jeff 2009

The principle of compositionality rather suggests the opposite.

Wisdom, Justice And Mercy Hal Duncan 2006

(Berkeley 1975), ambiguity (Wittgenstein 1953) and non-compositionality

Mental Representation Pitt, David 2008

The methodological view of compositionality has reduced what appeared once to be a substantive argument to a matter of taste, and as regards DRT it has been shown that people who care about compositionality are free to adopt a variant of the original system with many of its features, but none of its non-compositionality.

Discourse Representation Theory Geurts, Bart 2007

It is generally agreed that some of the standard arguments for compositionality are not particularly compelling.

Discourse Representation Theory Geurts, Bart 2007

A standard statement of compositionality would say that the meaning of compounds must be a function of the meaning of their components and their mode of combination.

Discourse Representation Theory Geurts, Bart 2007

What this amounts to is that there are at least two different ways of thinking about the relation between the first-order state and the higher-order state depending on whether you think intentionality is at bottom a matter of description and functional role and holism or a matter of word-world relations and causation, and compositionality.

Speedlinking 4/27/07 William Harryman 2007

The compositionality requirement is important if one wants to explain grammatical competence.

Jürgen Habermas Bohman, James 2007