?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=A+Note+on+Ontology+and+Ordinary+Language&rft.creator=Saba%2C+Walid&rft.subject=Language&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Language&rft.subject=Computational+Linguistics&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Philosophy+of+Mind&rft.subject=Logic&rft.subject=Pragmatics&rft.subject=Speech&rft.subject=Metaphysics&rft.description=We+argue+for+a+compositional+semantics+grounded+in+a+strongly+typed+ontology+that+reflects+our+commonsense+view+of+the+world+and+the+way+we+talk+about+it.+Assuming+such+a+structure+we+show+that+the+semantics+of+various+natural+language+phenomena+may+become+nearly+trivial.&rft.date=2007-05&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5544%2F1%2Fool_saba.pdf&rft.identifier=++Saba%2C+Walid++(2007)+A+Note+on+Ontology+and+Ordinary+Language.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F5544%2F