Montague grammar

/ ˈmɒntəˌɡjuː /

noun

1. logic linguistics a model-theoretic semantic theory for natural language that seeks to encompass indexical expressions and opaque contexts within an extensional theory by constructing set-theoretic representations of the intension of an expression in terms of functions of possible worlds

Word History and Origins

Origin of Montague grammar¹

named after Richard Merett Montague (1930–71), US logician