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semantics Heasley and Hurford Universe of discourse and definiteness Objective: –Students will be able to apply the concept of universe of discourse and will be able to identify the definiteness of an expression. Topics: –Universe of Discourse –Definiteness –Indefiniteness –Markers of definiteness and indefineteness
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semantics Heasley and Hurford UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE, DEFINITENESS UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE: TIK 7 universe of discourse find the faces Why people see things differently? TIK 7 animasi What makes them misunderstand?
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semantics Heasley and Hurford Universe of discourse Universe of discourse Imaginery Real world
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semantics Heasley and Hurford DEFINITENESS WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE REFERENT
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semantics Heasley and Hurford Referent I NO I NO WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE REFERENT
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semantics Heasley and Hurford Referent I NO I NO WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE REFERENT
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semantics Heasley and Hurford Referent I YES I NO WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE REFERENT
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semantics Heasley and Hurford I NO I YES WHO CAN IDENTIFY THE REFERENT DEFINITENESS
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semantics Heasley and Hurford Conclusion Universe of discourse of an utterance : the particular world of the speaker either the real world or imaginary when producing an utterance. Definiteness : a feature of noun phrase chosen by the speaker to express his assumption that the hearer will be able to identify the referent. Definite Markers : definite articles, personal pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, proper noun
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