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Lexical Semantics

Lexical Semantics. Introductory Course CLM tt. The components of language. Meaning. A language is a system of cognitive procedures for Assigning a Meaning to a sequence of Sounds - Producing a sequence of Sounds to express a Meaning. Sound. Grammar. Phonetics Phonology.

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Lexical Semantics

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  1. Lexical Semantics Introductory Course CLM tt

  2. The components of language Meaning • A language is a system of cognitive procedures for • Assigning a Meaning to a sequence of Sounds • - Producing a sequence of Sounds to express a Meaning Sound

  3. Grammar Phonetics Phonology Morphology Semantics Syntax Lexicon Pragmatics The components of language study Meaning Sound

  4. What is it? • What sorts of things have it? • What does it do? • Where is it? • How can we talk about it? Semantics – the study of meaning So -

  5. What is meaning? Easy: It’s 20 past 12 What time is it? What is time? Difficult: It’s …..? - the fourth dimension - a measure - movement • a continuum without spatial • dimensions - ….

  6. What is the meaning of ’asleep’? • Something conrete? - No. • Something abstract? - Yes. Explanation in relation to other words - It’s the opposite of the meaning of ’awake’ Explanation in terms of a condition to be satisfied • If ’Peter is asleep’ is truethen Peter is sleeping

  7. What sorts of things have meaning? Everything? - No Elements of language - Yes - Utterances – i.e. what someone says on a particular occasion - Sentences – i.e. the systematic units of communication - Words, morphemes and lexemes – i.e. the building blocks of sentences

  8. What does meaning do? bee dagger I was stung by his remark attitude ?quasp Meaning guides interpretation!

  9. Where is meaning? Mind Words Things The semiotic triangle

  10. /sli:p/ ZZZZZZZZZZ How can we talk about meaning? Expression The sign ’sleep’ Meaning Meaning is abstract and non-visible The problem of ’semantic representation’

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