Lepore, Ernie
Department of Philosophy, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Ludwig, Kirk
Department of Philosophy, University of Florida, Gainesville
Print publication date: 2005 (this edition)
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-925134-6
doi:10.1093/0199251347.003.0002
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online:
Print ISBN-13: 978-0-19-925134-6
doi:10.1093/0199251347.003.0002
2 Learnable Languages and the Compositionality Requirement
Discusses the requirement that an adequate theory of meaning give a constructive account of the meanings of sentences in natural languages, that is, an account of how the meanings of sentences and their complex parts are understood ultimately on the basis of a finite number of semantical primitives and a finite number of rules for their composition.
Keywords: compositionality, knowledge of language, learnability, semantical primitives, theory of meaning
Keywords: compositionality, knowledge of language, learnability, semantical primitives, theory of meaning
doi:10.1093/0199251347.003.0002
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