Remarks on compositionality (with reference to Gennadij Zeldovic’s article “On Russian Dative Reflexive Constructions: Accidental or Compositional”)  Cover Image

Uwagi o kompozycyjności (w związku z artykułem Genadija Zeldowicza „O rosyjskich refleksywnych konstrukcjach celownikowych”)
Remarks on compositionality (with reference to Gennadij Zeldovic’s article “On Russian Dative Reflexive Constructions: Accidental or Compositional”)

Author(s): Igor M. Boguslavsky
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: compositionality; semantic and pragmatic motivation; Dative reflexive construction; Russian

Summary/Abstract: We address two methodological issues: 1) What is compositionality? We maintain the idea that if a linguistic unit is fully compositional, then in no place of the linguistic description do we need to refer to its existence. 2) How should the compositionality be demonstrated? We suggest that this demonstration should meet higher standards of logical rigor.

  • Issue Year: 6/2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 173-179
  • Page Count: 7
  • Language: English