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And One More Thing Before I Move On

It seems to me Kroch’s and Santorini’s rendition of this function: (1)     [[ invite ]] = { Chris → ( Andrew → T ) ,   David → ( Andrew → T ) ,   Eddie → ( Andrew → F ) ,   Chris → ( Brian… more →

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And One More Thing Before I Move On

Cliff Wirt wrote 1 year ago: It seems to me Kroch’s and Santorini’s rendition of this function: (1)     [[ invite ]] … more →

Tags: languages, Linguistics, Wrapping My Mind Around The Argument That Tagalog Lacks, Beatrice Santorini, Writing-to-learn, Verbs, Semantics, formal semantics, functions

The Predicate As A Truth Valued Function

Cliff Wirt wrote 1 year ago: So far we have been modeling sentences in which nothing is left unspecified.  Chris invites Andrew.  … more →

Tags: languages, Linguistics, Relational Model (Databases), logic, Argument That Tagalog Lacks A Subject, Wrapping My Mind Around The Argument That Tagalog Lacks, relations, Beatrice Santorini, Writing-to-learn

The Verb Considered As A Function

Cliff Wirt wrote 1 year ago: From Kroch’s and Santorini’s Syntax of Natural Language: I embraced the summer dawn  Fro … more →

Tags: languages, Linguistics, Wrapping My Mind Around The Argument That Tagalog Lacks, Beatrice Santorini, Verbs, Plato, Plato's Timaeus, Semantics, formal semantics

Semantic Vs. Syntactic Arguments, Their Real Or Alleged Distinction

Cliff Wirt wrote 1 year ago: When John runs, he is, whatever else he is doing, transferring energy to the ground beneath him.  Bu … more →

Tags: languages, Linguistics, relations, Beatrice Santorini, Writing-to-learn, Verbs, transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, Let's See How Long This Lasts Before It Gets Convincing


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