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• Natural morphology
  ..., in the sense that every morpheme has one form and one meaning, and every meaning corresponds to exactly one form. This relation is called [[biuniqueness]]. [http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Natural+Morphology&lemmacode=488 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
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• Biuniqueness
  ...ry [[morpheme]] has one phonological form and one [[meaning]], and every [[meaning]] (or grammatical category) corresponds to exactly one phonological form. *Dressler, W. 1985a. On the Predictiveness of Natural Morphology. ''Journal of Linguistics 21'', 321-338.
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• Logical semantics
  ...[[Montague Grammar]] is the most detailed example of a semantic theory for natural language based on the principles of logical semantics. * Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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• Rigid designator
  ...2) made the claim that natural kind terms (i.e. names of biological sorts, natural or mineral substances) are also rigid designators. * Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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• Vagueness
  ...ed, due to the impreciseness of natural language. In ''John is tall'', the meaning of the adjective ''tall'' is vague in the sense that the precise degree of * Chierchia and McConnell-Ginet 1990. ''Meaning and grammar,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
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• Icon
  An '''icon''' is a [[sign]] whose meaning is directly linked to its form. In natural language, icons are found in the form of [[onomatopoetic word]]s and [[soun
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• Disjunction
  ...inclusive, because it allows the propositions phi and psi both to be true. Natural language ''or'' can also be used exclusively: only one of the two propositi * Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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• Determiner
  * Barwise, J. & R. Cooper 1981. ''Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language,'' Linguistics and Philosophy 4, pp. 159-219 * Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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• Left downward monotonicity
  * Barwise, J. & R. Cooper 1981. ''Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language,'' Linguistics and Philosophy 4, pp. 159-219 * Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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• Generalized Quantifier Theory
  * Barwise, J. & R. Cooper 1981. ''Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language,'' Linguistics and Philosophy 4, pp. 159-219 * Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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• Restricted quantifier
  ...g the quantifying determiner (''every man, some woman'') or by an inherent meaning element (''everyone, something''). * Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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• Arbitrariness of the sign
  ...sofar as there is no direct link between the form (''signifiant'') and the meaning (''signifié'') of a sign. There are systematic exceptions to the principle
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• Monotonicity
  * Barwise, J. & R. Cooper 1981. ''Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language,'' Linguistics and Philosophy 4, pp. 159-219 * Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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• Universal quantifier
  It is a standard assumption that natural language expressions such as ''each girl'' and ''everyone'' contain (or are * Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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• Fixed-context assumption
  * Barwise, J. & R. Cooper 1981. ''Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language,'' Linguistics and Philosophy 4, pp. 159-219 * Chierchia and McConnell-Ginet 1990. ''Meaning and grammar,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
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• Propositional logic
  ...cording to the syntax of propositional logic. The semantics interprets the meaning of the logical constants in terms of [[truth-value]]s. Propositional logic When we translate the natural language statements in (i) into propositional logic (as in (ii)) we get the
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• Downward monotonicity
  * Barwise, J. & R. Cooper 1981. ''Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language,'' Linguistics and Philosophy 4, pp. 159-219 * Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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• Montague Grammar
  ...[Richard Montague]]. It is based on the idea that the meaning theories for natural languages and formal languages can and should be based on the same principl ...ontaining possible worlds and moments of time, and crucial use is made of #meaning postulates. The range of constructions and phenomena treated in PTQ include
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• Properness
  * Barwise, J. & R. Cooper 1981. ''Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language,'' Linguistics and Philosophy 4, pp. 159-219 * Gamut, L.T.F. 1991. ''Logic, language, and meaning,'' Univ. of Chicago Press, Chicago.
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