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In this chapter, we present a compositional analysis, in the framework of Montague grammar, of the meaning of transitive verbs and the declarative sentences to which they give rise. Pivotal to this result is the analysis of the characteristic function of the sets denoted by transitive verbs as functions of functions, that is, functions that are satisfied by two cyclic applications of an input value.
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Fiorin, G., Delfitto, D. (2020). Meaning and Relations. In: Beyond Meaning: A Journey Across Language, Perception and Experience. Perspectives in Pragmatics, Philosophy & Psychology, vol 25. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46317-5_8
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