Polyadic Paraphrasing Flashcards
What are the four parts of a polyadic interpretation?
- A non-empty universe of discourse.
- An interpretation of each of the sentence letters occurring in the schemata under consideration.
- An interpretation of each of the predicate letters occurring in the schemata under consideration.
- An assignment of an object in the universe of discourse as a value to each of the free variables occurring in the schemata under consideration.
Does the order of successive quantifiers of the same type matter?
No. The order of successive quantifiers of the same type does not matter.
What is “nested” quantification?
A quantifier is nested when it is within the scope of another quantifier.
Do you work from the outside-in when translating ordinary English into polyadic schemata?
Yes. You work from the outside-in when translating ordinary English into polyadic schemata.
Do you work from the inside-out when translating ordinary English into polyadic schemata?
No. You work from the outside-in when translating ordinary English into polyadic schemata.
Do you use monadic paradigms when paraphrasing polyadic schemata?
Yes. You use monadic paradigms at each stage of analyzing a polyadic schema.
When we are looking for the logical structure of a sentence, what paradigms are we hoping to use?
Monadic paradigms. “What is the logical structure of ‘x’?” is the same as “What monadic paradigm applies to ‘x’?”
After learning the logical structure of a sentence, what ought we ask next?
What corresponds to the letters in the sentence? What corresponds to F? What corresponds to G?
Do you work from the inside-out when translating polyadic schemata into English?
Yes. You work from the inside-out when translating polyadic schemata into English.
Do you work from the outside-in when translating polyadic schemata into English?
No. You work from the inside-out when translating polyadic schemata into English.
What are the first and second steps when translating a polyadic schemata into ordinary English?
- Break the paraphrased form down into smaller components.
2. Build it up into an idiomatic English form.
What is a menu?
A menu is a list of alternative ways to write a sentence which express the same form characterized by a monadic paradigm.
What are “whatever,” “whoever,” “everything that,” “everything who,” “anything that,” “anything who,” examples of?
Relative pronouns.
How do relative pronouns relate to your menu?
Some of the alternatives listed in the menu should be generated by using different relative pronouns.
What are active-to-passive transformations?
A sentence is transformed from active to passive when the object is put into the grammatical subject position. For instance, “somebody loves x” can be translated to “x is loved by somebody.”
