Quotes About Lexical

In a normal literal utterance of each of these sentences, each verb has a constant meaning. There is no lexical ambiguity or metaphorical usage involved. But in each case the same verb will determine different truth conditions or conditions of satisfaction generally, because what counts as cutting or growing will vary with the context. If

Lexical scope means that we can determine the scope of a variable by reading our code.

Closures are a function along with a referencing environment.

By lexical scope we mean that JavaScript's rules for scoping are based purely on the structure of your code (not on some dynamic runtime properties). This means you can determine where a variable is defined by simply examining your code's structure. Also

Polysemy refers to a word's having a number of distinct but related senses, and is different from two other ways in which a sound can have multiple meanings.

This confirms a long-held belief of mine that lexical order induces thermodynamic order. The lexical order of an amulet reinforces the order a body already possesses, thus providing protection against damage. The lexical order of an animating name increases the order of a body, thus providing motive power for an automaton.