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The term semantic functionals does not have a single, consistently established meaning across linguistic theories. In formal semantics, functions map objects or other semantic values to semantic values, and functional expressions may denote functions that combine with arguments to yield interpretations ^[1]^[2]. However, without a specific theoretical framework establishing semantic functionals as a distinct technical term, it cannot be reliably equated with semantic functions or functional expressions, which are related but not necessarily equivalent concepts ^[1].

Semantic functions
Formal semantics
Semantic composition
Model-theoretic interpretation

References

Maria Aloni; Paul Dekker; Barbara H. Partee; James Pustejovsky; Peter Pagin; Nicholas Asher; Jonathan Ginzburg; Thomas Ede Zimmermann; Dag Westerståhl; Adrian Brasoveanu; Donka F. Farkas; Rick Nouwen; Ariel Cohen; Atle Grønn; Arnim von Stechow; Susan Rothstein; Lucas Champollion; Manfred Krifka; Hans Kamp; Galit W. Sassoon; Louise McNally; Henriëtte de Swart; Paul Egré; Mikaël Cozic; Lisa Matthewson; Jeroen Groenendijk; Paul Portner. The Cambridge Handbook of Formal Semantics; Cambridge University Press (CUP): Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2016. [CrossRef]
Ronnie Cann. Formal Semantics; Cambridge University Press (CUP): Cambridge, United Kingdom, 1993. [CrossRef]

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