Complete Genome Sequence of the Apicomplexan, Cryptosporidium parvum

Abstract

(CambridgeUniv.Press,Cambridge,1996).11. Oftenwordmeaningscanonlybefullydeterminedbyinvokingworldknowledge.Forinstance,themeaningof“flat” in a “flat road” implies the absence of holes.However,intheexpression“aflattire,”itindicatesthepresenceofahole.Themeaningof“finish”inthephrase“Bill finished the book” implies that Bill completedreadingthe book. However, the phrase “the goat fin-ished the book” can only be interpreted as the goateatingordestroyingthebook.Theexamplesillustratethatwordmeaningisoftenunderdeterminedandnec-essarily intertwined with general world knowledge. Insuch cases, it is hard to see how the integration oflexicalmeaningandgeneralworldknowledgecouldbestrictlyseparated(