5. HERE TO FOUR MAJOR TOPICS IN SEMANTICS.
1.
•the nature of meaning
2.
• some properties of the
conceptual system
underlying meaning.
3.
• the contribution of syntactic structure to
the interpretation of sentences , and
• (4) the role of non-grammatical factors.
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6. SEMANTICS: THE ANALYSIS
OF MEANING
This chapter is concerned with
semantics, the study of meaning in
human language. Restrict our attention
here to four major topics in semantics
(1) the nature of meaning .
(2) some properties of the conceptual system
underlying meaning ,
(3) the contribution of syntactic structure to
the interpretation of sentences , and
(4) the role of non-grammatical factors in the
understanding of utterances .
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7. 1. What is semantics about?
2. Semantics: study of the
relation between form and
meaning
3.Language relates physical
phenomena to meanings
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8. We may distinguish different
linguistic fields according to which
part of this question
:focus onthey
pragmaticssemanticssyntaxphonetics phonology morphology
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sounds meanings
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9. will be toOur goal this section
consider in very general way what
this research had repealed about
We willmeaning in human language.
begin by considering some of the
basic analytic notions used in
evaluating the meanings of words
and sentences .
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12. Polysem : occurs where a word has two or
more related meanings.
Apolyseme is a word or phrase with
multiple meanings.
Adjective:polysemous or polysemic.
In contrast, a one-to-one match between a
word and a meaning is called monosemy.
"Monosemy is probably most clearly found
in specialized vocabulary dealing with
technical topics"
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13. POLYSEMY: is a linguistic term.
POLY + SEMY= MANY + SENSES
polysemy (noun)
1. linguistics.
The existence of more than one meaning for a single word,
such as table.
There are many polysemous (having many senses) in the English
Language.
Let's take the simple word,
1. 'FIX'. It has many meanings such as 1.attach, 2.Arrange 3.Get
ready (food or drinks) 4.repair 5. punish, 6.set right (the hair)
2.Accept ( take willingly, receive as suitable, agree, admit
(responsibility), to believe that something is true etc etc
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14. 3.Table (a piece of furniture, dining table, facts /
numbers, maths, (multiplication / addition tables,
(V) to present
4.Count (to say the numbers in the right order, to
calculate, include,, consider, (n) total, saying
numbers, measurement etc …..
5.Funny: amusing, Strange, suspicious / illegal,
crazy, , entertaining, witty, humorous, comic,
hilarious,
6. Love (n): ( affection, romantic(fall in love with),
Enjoyment, (love of learning), a score in games like
tennis, Love-all),
7.Play (n): something done for pleasure, , a drama,
a game, etc ….)
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