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Michael Eric Goodale^1,2, Salvador Mascarenhas^1,2

¹Department of Cognitive Studies, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France salvador.mascarenhas@ens.fr michael.goodale@ens.fr.

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This study argues for the importance of formal compositional semantics in understanding thought. It refutes claims from distributional semantics and highlights generative linguistics

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Computational Linguistics
Cognitive Science
Philosophy of Language

Background:

The target article aligns usage-based linguistics with language models.
However, it overlooks significant contributions from generative linguistics concerning the nature of meaning.
This oversight is particularly problematic given the generative tradition's focus on the formal structure of language and thought.

Purpose of the Study:

To refute the arguments presented in the target article regarding distributional semantics and the "green tea" example.
To reassert the importance of formal compositional semantics for a comprehensive understanding of meaning.
To highlight the role of formal compositional semantics in the study of human thought and cognition.

Main Methods:

Critique of arguments derived from distributional semantics.
Analysis of the "green tea" example to demonstrate limitations of usage-based approaches.
Development of arguments for formal compositional semantics using principles from generative linguistics.

Main Results:

The arguments from distributional semantics, as presented in the target article, are shown to be insufficient for capturing the full complexity of meaning.
The "green tea" example is re-analyzed to illustrate the limitations of purely usage-based explanations.
Formal compositional semantics provides a more robust framework for understanding how meaning is constructed and represented.

Conclusions:

Formal compositional semantics remains crucial for the study of meaning and its relation to thought.
Generative linguistics, despite its current disrepute in some circles, offers indispensable insights into language and cognition.
A comprehensive approach to linguistics must integrate insights from both usage-based and formal traditions.