In linguistic semantics, an expression X is said to have cumulative reference if and only if the following holds: If X is true of both of a and b, then it is also true of the combination of a and b. For example, the English word "water" has cumulative reference, since if two separate entities can be said to be "water", then combining them into one entity will yield more "water".
In linguistic semantics, an expression X is said to have cumulative reference if and only if the following holds: If X is true of both of a and b, then it is also true of the combination of a and b. For example, the English word "water" has cumulative reference, since if two separate entities can be said to be "water", then combining them into one entity will yield more "water".
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