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A Note on Ontology and Ordinary Language

arXiv:0704.3886

Abstract

We argue for a compositional semantics grounded in a strongly typed ontology that reflects our commonsense view of the world and the way we talk about it. Assuming such a structure we show that the semantics of various natural language phenomena may become nearly trivial.

19 pages, 1 figure

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