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The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality (Hardcover)
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The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality (Hardcover)
Series: Oxford Handbooks
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In this book leading scholars from every relevant field report on
all aspects of compositionality, the notion that the meaning of an
expression can be derived from its parts. Understanding how
compositionality works is a central element of syntactic and
semantic analysis and a challenge for models of cognition. It is a
key concept in linguistics and philosophy and in the cognitive
sciences more generally, and is without question one of the most
exciting fields in the study of language and mind. The authors of
this book report critically on lines of research in different
disciplines, revealing the connections between them and
highlighting current problems and opportunities. The force and
justification of compositionality have long been contentious. First
proposed by Frege as the notion that the meaning of an expression
is generally determined by the meaning and syntax of its
components, it has since been deployed as a constraint on the
relation between theories of syntax and semantics, as a means of
analysis, and more recently as underlying the structures of
representational systems, such as computer programs and neural
architectures. The Oxford Handbook of Compositionality explores
these and many other dimensions of this challenging field. It will
appeal to researchers and advanced students in linguistics and
philosophy and to everyone concerned with the study of language and
cognition including those working in neuroscience, computational
science, and bio-informatics.
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