compositionality
/ˌkɒmpəˌzɪʃəˈnælɪti/
the meaning of a whole derived from its parts and their arrangement
compositionality in a sentence
“Idioms violate compositionality—'kick the bucket' isn't about buckets.”
Origin of compositionality
Latin componere (to put together)
Related Words
lexicon
the vocabulary of a language; a mental dictionary of words
phoneme
the smallest unit of sound that distinguishes meaning
morpheme
the smallest meaningful unit in a language
semantics
the study of meaning in language; what words and sentences signify
syntax
the rules governing how words combine into phrases and sentences
pragmatics
how context influences the interpretation of meaning