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1、实用标准ChapterSevenSemanticsSemantics:Astudyofmeaning•Questionstobeconsidered:1.Explainthefollowingconceptsbyillustratingwithyourownexamples(Note:yourexamplesshouldnotbethoseinthetextbook).Denotation,connotation,componentialanalysis,hyponymy,synonymy,antonymy,Homonymy,polysemy,2.
2、Differentiateawordwithabadconnotationfromawordwithagoodconnotation.3.Identifysemanticfeaturessharedbyagroupofwordsandthosethatcandifferentiateonegroupofwordsfromanothergroupofwords.4.Explainsemanticallyambiguoussentences•Wemakesounds,words,sentences,notforthesakeofmakingthem.W
3、emaketheminordertomeansomething,toexpresssomemeaning.Butmeaningisintangible.Itismoredifficulttostudythansound,andtheformsofwordsandsentences.•TheearlierdiscussionofthemeaninginthehistoryInChina,LaoziInGreek,PlatoasearlyasthefifthcenturybeforeChrist.•Twodifferentapproachestomea
4、ning:Linguisticsemantics:Theapproachinwhichmoreattentionispaidtothemeaningoflinguisticunitsthemselves,wordsandsentencesinparticular.Philosophicalorlogicalsemantics:Theapproachmoreconcernedwiththerelationshipbetweenlinguisticexpressionsandthephenomenaintheworldtowhichtheyrefer,
5、andtheconditionsunderwhichsuchexpressionscanbetrueorfalseDefinitionsofsemanticsSemanticscanbesimplydefinedasthestudyofmeaning.(Dai&He,2002,p.67)lTermcoinedbyBréal(1897)forthesubdisciplineoflinguisticsconcernedwiththeanalysisanddescriptionoftheso-called‘literal’meaningoflinguis
6、ticexpressions.(Bussmann,p.1996,p.423)lSemanticsisthestudyoflinguisticmeaning:themeaningofwords,phrases,andsentences.(Wen,P.210)lSEMANTICSisatechnicaltermusedtorefertothestudyofthecommunicationofmeaningthroughlanguage.(Hu,LiuandLi,1988,p.139)文案大全实用标准•DefinitionsofmeaninglThewo
7、rd“meaning”itselfhasmanydifferentmeanings.lTheMeaningofMeaningwrittenin1923byC.K.OgdenandI.A.Richards,thereare16majorcategoriesofthem,withsub-categoriesalltogether,numbering22.lWhatalanguageexpressesabouttheworldweliveinoranypossibleorimaginaryworld.(Richards,PlattandPlatt,199
8、8,p.278)lCentralsemanticnotiondefinedanduseddifferentlydepend
