Compositionality, Context and Semantic Values

• Other Authors: Stainton, Robert J
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2017
• Subjects: Compositionality (Linguistics) ; Context (Linguistics); Social Science; 401.41
• Online Access: http://repository.vnu.edu.vn/handle/VNU_123/30195
• Institution: Vietnam National University, Hanoi

Are natural languages genuinely compositional? What roles does context play in linguistic communication, and by what means? In particular, does context interfere with the compositional determination of truth conditions? What meanings should theorists assign to sentences if compositionality is to be...