1. chapter V Semantics by WJQ

2. semantics The study of the linguistic meaning of words, phrase and sentences is called semantics.

3. Meaning can be studied from different levels: morphemes, words, phrases, sentences and texts. word meaning sentence meaning

4. Different views concerning the study of meaning: *meaning-as-naming view: labels *meaning-as-concept view: the mediation of concepts of the mind semantic triangle

5. *Meaning-as-context view: meaning should be studied in terms of situation, use, context –elements closely linked with language behaviors. J.R.Firth

6. e.g. It is getting cold here. e.g. the seal could not be found. The zookeeper became worried. the seal could not be found, the king became worried.

7. Meaning-as-S-R Behaviorism: (Bloomfield) S--R

8. Analysis of meaning Componential analysis is a way to analyze lexical meaning. In terms of semantic features or semantic components of meaning

9. semantic features are aspects of the meaning that characterize the word. e.g. “mother”– parent / female the aims of componential analysis is to find those features that are necessary and sufficient for presenting the meaning of a given word.

10. CA defines the meaning in terms of presence or absence of particular features. We use + / - to indicate the semantic features of words. CA is useful in that it allows us to capture the similarities and subtle differences among related words.