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Term-labeled categorial type systems
Author(s) -
Richard T. Oehrle
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
linguistics and philosophy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1573-0549
pISSN - 0165-0157
DOI - 10.1007/bf00985321
Subject(s) - philosophy of language , type (biology) , term (time) , linguistics , semantics (computer science) , categorial grammar , computer science , type theory , natural language processing , programming language , philosophy , epistemology , grammar , metaphysics , mildly context sensitive grammar formalism , phrase structure rules , geology , paleontology , physics , quantum mechanics
Through language, we are able to assign symbolic analyses to linguistic entities physical objects and events whose complexity has no intrinsic upper bound. Such symbolic analyses are abstract, since a single physical entity can support distinct analyses. Yet we have partial intuitive access to the properties of these analyses through their projections in different 'dimensions', including the widely recognized and studied dimensions of phonology, syntax, and semantics/pragmatics. Each of these dimensions gives rise to a dimension-specific problem of compositionality:

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