2 papers
cs.CL2000
Compositionality, Synonymy, and the Systematic Representation of Meaning
Shalom Lappin, Wlodek Zadrozny
In a recent issue of Linguistics and Philosophy Kasmi and Pelletier (1998) (K&P), and Westerstahl (1998) criticize Zadrozny's (1994) argument that any semantics can be represented…
cs.CL2000
Minimum Description Length and Compositionality
Wlodek Zadrozny
We present a non-vacuous definition of compositionality. It is based on the idea of combining the minimum description length principle with the original definition of compositional…