LING 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Truth Table, Microsoft Powerpoint, Exclusive Or
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Q: the following hypothesis is called the principle of . The meaning of a sentence is determined by the meanings of the words it contains and the way they are syntactically combined. : word meaning, combinatorial syntax, compositionality. It is not the case that japan won the world cup in 2014. Facts about the actual world: japan did not win the world cup in 2014. The truth-condition of sentence" should be predictable, because it comes from the truth-condition of sentence. We will focus on certain english words that have counterparts in logic, known as connectives. We have seen the truth tables that specify the meanings of logic connectives. Admittedly, english negation not does not have the same syntax as the logic symbol. However, we will simply pretend that it does. Not [nowitzki will attend] (not = it is not the case that)
