Semantics The systematic study of linguistic meaning
Semantics The systematic study of linguistic meaning
Linguistic Meaning The meaning of linguistic items (linguistic item anything, from a word to a grammatical morpheme or a combination of words) Different from personal/social/ cultural meanIngs
Linguistic Meaning • The meaning of linguistic items. • (linguistic item = anything, from a word, to a grammatical morpheme or a combination of words). • Different from personal/social/ cultural meanings
Different meanings of meaning What is the meaning of the word book? ° A specific book? The class of all books? The idea of bookness'(i.e the idea of what makes a book a book)
Different meanings of meaning • What is the meaning of the word book? • A specific book? • The class of all books? • The idea of ‘bookness’(i.e. the idea of what makes a book a book)
Semantic triangle idea/concept sign(phonemes/graphemes) real world Concept: mental class of things/humans/ events/ properties, etc that share certain features in meaning (i.e. which are sufficiently similar to each other) In other words, a concept is what allows us to recognize something as a book, as green, as walking, etc
Semantic triangle idea/concept sign (phonemes/graphemes) real world • Concept: mental class of things/humans/events/ properties, etc. that share certain features in meaning (i.e. which are sufficiently similar to each other). • In other words, a concept is what allows us to recognize something as a book, as green, as walking, etc
Speaker meaning ■ He is really stupid! What do you mean by stupid? u Not the idea of stupidity but what is the intention of using this word at all Meaning as relation between sign and intention of speaker speaker meanIng. Speaker meaning is less an object for semantics but rather for pragmatics/discourse analysis
Speaker meaning ◼ He is really stupid! ◼ What do you mean by stupid? ◼ Not the idea of stupidity but what is the intention of using this word at all. ◼ Meaning as relation between sign and intention of speaker: speaker meaning. ◼ Speaker meaning is less an object for semantics but rather for pragmatics/discourse analysis