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Non intersection
there is not a reference to the object denoted by the noun.
Mutual entailment
when two propositions guarantee each other.
Reverses
pairs of words that suggest some kind of movement in which one word suggests the "undoing "of the movement suggested by the other.
Gradable pairs
represents points on a continuum; something can be one or the other of a reference, or somewhere in between.
Complementary pairs
two words in which nothing in the world can be in both of their references.
Antonymy
two words that are related in a way that contrasts with each other.
Entailment
when the truth of one sentence guarantees the truth of another sentence.
Proposition the claim
expressed by a sentence.
Reference
an expressions relationship to the world; the entity in the world to which the expression represents.
Pure intersection
when there are two independent sets of entities used to describe a more specific set of entities.
Synonymy
two words that have exactly the same reference.
Sense
the mental representation of an expressions meaning; a concept.
Sister terms
two words in which their references are on the same level and are contained in the same sets.
Hyponymy
a set of words in which the reference of X is always included in the set in the reference of Y.
Truth value
the ability to be true or false.
Semantics
the subfield of linguistics that studies linguistic meaning and how expressions convey meanings.
Compositional semantics
phrasal meanings and how phrasal meanings are assembled.
number of words
The ________ in a given language are limited, but there is an infinite number of sentences and phrasal expressions.
Incompatible
it is impossible for both propositions to be true.
A community of native speakers of a language is the highest authority of word meaning
even higher than dictionaries
Antonymy
two words that are related in a way that contrasts with each other
Gradable pairs
represents points on a continuum; something can be one or the other of a reference, or somewhere in between
Reverses
pairs of words that suggest some kind of movement in which one word suggests the “undoing” of the movement suggested by the other
Converses
pairs of words that are two opposing perspectives or points of view
Truth conditions
the conditions that would have to hold in the world in order for a proposition to be true
Entailment
when the truth of one sentence guarantees the truth of another sentence
incompatible
it is impossible for both propositions to be true
Principle of Compositionality
the meaning of a sentence is a function of the meaning of the words it contains and the way in which these words are syntactically combined
Pure intersection
when there are two independent sets of entities used to describe a more specific set of entities
Relative intersection
the reference of an adjective has to be determined relative to the reference of the noun
Subsective adjectives
adjectives that serve as a subset of a larger, more specific set
Non-intersection
there is not a reference to the object denoted by the noun
Anti-intersection adjectives
the reference of the resulting adjective-noun combination cannot overlap with the noun’s reference
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