Semantic Opacity
Semantic opacity is a linguistic property of idiomatic expressions whereby the meaning of the expression cannot be compositionally derived from the meanings of its constituent words, distinguishing it from semantically transparent or literal constructions.
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Semantic Non-compositionality
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The Non-Identity of a Material Thing and Its Matter
R Fiengo, James Higginbotham · 1981 · 124 citations
Assertion and Epistemic Opacity
John Hawthorne, Ofra Magidor · Mind · 2010 · 56 citations
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States
1 publications · 56 citations
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University of Oxford
Oxford, United Kingdom
1 h-index
2 publications
112 citations

University of Alberta
Edmonton, Canada
1 h-index
3 publications
42 citations
University of Vienna
Vienna, Austria
1 h-index
2 publications
108 citations

MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
Cambridge, United Kingdom
1 h-index
2 publications
28 citations
University College London
London, United Kingdom
1 h-index
1 publications
14 citations

University of Pisa
Pisa, Italy
1 h-index
2 publications
108 citations
Northeast Catholic College
Merrimack, United States
1 h-index
1 publications
56 citations
University of Cambridge
Cambridge, United Kingdom
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2 publications
46 citations
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2 publications · 395 citations
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