##  [Principle of Compositionality](/principle-compositionality) 

  ##  [Principle of Compositionality](https://mathlogic.quantumdictionary.io/principle-compositionality-0) 

  

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Definition

The semantic principle that the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its constituent parts together with the rules used to combine them; often associated with Fregean semantics and recursive interpretation functions.

 

 

 

 

 





 

 



 ##  [Principle of Compositionality](https://humanitites.quantumdictionary.io/principle-compositionality-1) 

  

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Definition

The semantic principle (Fregean) that the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the meanings of its parts together with the rules used to combine them (syntactic and semantic composition rules), enabling systematic calculation of sentence meaning from component meanings and structure.