why do we say that meaning of a sentence is not the sum total of the meaning of all its components
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why do we say that meaning of a sentence is not the sum total of the meaning of all its components
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答
The meaning of a sentence is not the sum total of the meanings of all its components because it cannot be worked out by adding up all the meanings of its constituent words. For example;(A) The dog bit...