Cross-sortal Predication and Polysemy
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This paper develops new treatment of the problem of cross-sortal predication and copredication in particular. We argue that the solution to these predicate-argument sort mismatches can be solved by a more flexible treatment of polysemy based on the notion of dependent type and dynamic construction of meaning.
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