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Chapter FiveMeaning 1. The Study of Meaning Semantics: The meaning of words: Lexical semantics Componential analysis(成分分析) a way to analyze word meaning The meaning of sentences: Prediction analysis --a way to analyze sentence meaning 2. Semantic Meaning Semantics is the study of meaning in language. Meaning has been studied for thousands of years by philosophers, logicians and linguists. E.g. Plato & Aristotle. Some views concerning the study of meaning Naming theory (Plato) (命名论) The conceptualist view (意念论) Contextualism (Bloomfield) (语境论) Behaviorism (行为主义论) Naming theory (Plato) Words are names or labels for things. Limitations: 1) Applicable to nouns only. 2) There are nouns which denote things that do not exist in the real world, e.g. ghost, dragon, unicorn, phenix… 3) There are nouns that do not refer to physical objects but abstract notions, e.g. joy, impulse, hatred… The conceptualist view The conceptualist view holds that there is no direct link between a linguistic form and what it refers to (i.e. between language and the real world); rather, in the interpretation of meaning they are linked through the mediation of concepts in the mind. Do you like a dog? Ogden and Richards: semantic triangle The symbol or form refers to the linguistic elements (words and phrases); The referent refers to the object in the world of experience; Thought or reference refers to concept. The symbol or a word signifies things by virtue of the concept associated with the form of the word in the minds of the speaker; and the concept looked at from this point of view is the meaning of the word. The contextualism Meaning should be studied in terms of situation, use, context—elements closely linked with language behavior. Two types of contexts are recognized: Situational context: spatio-temporal situation Linguistic context: the probability of a word’s co-occurrence or collocation. For example, “black” in black hair & black coffee, or black sheep differs in mea
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