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Type shifter

In formal semantics, a type shifter is an interpretation rule that changes an expression's semantic type. For instance, the English expression "John" might ordinarily denote John himself, but a type shifting rule called .mw-parser-output span.smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps}.mw-parser-output span.smallcaps-smaller{font-size:85%}Lift can raise its…

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Type shifter

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Triples2
Avg. degree1.89
Density0.111111
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Type shifteris ainterpretation rule that changes an expression's semantic type0.90text
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