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What are the two basic concerns that a semantic theory for a natural language must traditionally address?
What are the two basic concerns that a semantic theory for a natural language must traditionally address?
- Pragmatics and phonology
- Syntax and semantics
- Morphology and syntax
- Empirical adequacy and compositionality (correct)
What is a key aspect that competent speakers may understand differently than truth conditions in a semantic theory?
What is a key aspect that competent speakers may understand differently than truth conditions in a semantic theory?
- Individual word meanings (correct)
- Syntax
- Pragmatics
- Semantics
Why is it challenging to specify a semantic theory for a natural language?
Why is it challenging to specify a semantic theory for a natural language?
- Because there are many truth-conditionally equivalent representations (correct)
- Because truth conditions are not important
- Because empirical evidence is not relevant
- Due to lack of linguistic resources
Why do theorists suspect that distinct specifications of truth conditions can suggest different psychological hypotheses?
Why do theorists suspect that distinct specifications of truth conditions can suggest different psychological hypotheses?
What is one source of evidence that is focused on in the paper mentioned in the text?
What is one source of evidence that is focused on in the paper mentioned in the text?
Why is it important to appeal to additional sources of evidence when justifying specific proposals about sentence meanings?
Why is it important to appeal to additional sources of evidence when justifying specific proposals about sentence meanings?
What does the Interface Transparency Thesis propose about the relationship between linguistic meanings and cognitive systems?
What does the Interface Transparency Thesis propose about the relationship between linguistic meanings and cognitive systems?
What kind of procedure is associated with a declarative sentence according to the Interface Transparency Thesis?
What kind of procedure is associated with a declarative sentence according to the Interface Transparency Thesis?
In the psycholinguistic experiment mentioned, when is the sentence 'Most of the dots are blue' considered true?
In the psycholinguistic experiment mentioned, when is the sentence 'Most of the dots are blue' considered true?
How is the second cardinality specified in understanding or verifying 'Most of the dots are blue' according to the text?
How is the second cardinality specified in understanding or verifying 'Most of the dots are blue' according to the text?
What does the psycholinguistic evidence and psychophysical modeling support concerning 'Most of the dots are blue'?
What does the psycholinguistic evidence and psychophysical modeling support concerning 'Most of the dots are blue'?
'Most of the dots are blue' being true implies what relationship between blue and nonblue dots?
'Most of the dots are blue' being true implies what relationship between blue and nonblue dots?
