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Abstract

Abstract

This paper proposes a reconciliation of two opposite perspectives on a syntactic configuration and its associated semantic interpretation. Of these two, one is the view that a syntactic maps onto its semantic structure on a strict compositionality condition, and one is the view that a syntactic is not strictly compositional but has an inherent, endowed meaning, not compositionally derived. The proposed resolution attempts to settle the disagreement by differentiating an endowed-meaning construction into a compatible compositional-meaning structure, which in reverse is integrated into the original construction. As a result, structure and construction emerge as two sides of the same coin, and the disagreement is resolved.

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  • Article Type: Research Article
Keyword(s): composition; construction; culture; structure; Theory of Interface
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