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Predicator
a word that carries more meaning than others and is isolated from their original sentences. Svarbiausias predicate sakinyje, tampa predicator
A predicate
any word (or a sequence of words) which in a given sense can function as a predicator of a sentence. Bet kada gali būti predicator. Kituose skainiuose. Everything that is not a referring expression.
The degree of a predicate –
a number indicating the number of arguments it is normally understood to have in simple sentences.
A generic sentence
is a sentence in which some statement is made about a whole unrestricted class of individuals as opposed to any particular individual.
Universe of discourse
particular world that the speaker assumes he is talking about in an utterance.
A DEICTIC word
one which takes some element of its meaning from the context or situation (i.e. the speaker, the addressee, the time and the place) of the utterance in which it is used.
A DEICTIC word
one which takes some element of its meaning from the context or situation (i.e. the speaker, the addressee, the time and the place) of the utterance in which it is used.
Linguistic expressions that typically are deictic expressions:
demonstratives first and second person pronouns tense markers adverbs of time and space some motion verbs ‘psychological shifting’ of the speakers point of view. Come, go, bring, here, now. Grammatical devices called tenses for indicating past, present, and future time.
Reported speech deictic words
Can be translated into non-deictic terms in order to preserve the original reference.
DEFINITENESS
a feature of a noun phrase selected by a speaker to convey his assumption that the hearer will be able to identify the referent of the noun phrase, usually because it is the only thing of its kind in the context of the utterance, or because it is unique in the universe of discourse.
The context
is a small subpart of the universe of discourse which is shared by the speaker and the hearer and includes the facts about topic and the facts about situation.
Definite noun phrases:
proper names, personal pronouns , phrases with definite determiner.
The REFERENT of a referring expression
is the thing picked out by the use of that expression on a particular occasion of utterance.
The EXTENSION of a predicate
the complete set of all things which could potentially (i.e. in any possible utterance) be the referent of a referring expression whose head constituent is that predicate.
A PROTOTYPE of a predicate
is a typical member of its extension.
Ostensive definition
specifiesthe meaning of an expression by pointing to examples of things to which the expression applies(e.g., green is the color of grass, limes, lily pads, and emeralds).
Denotation
means the literal definition of a word. To give an example, the denotation for blue isthe colour blue.
The SENSE of an expression
is its indispensable hard core of meaning.
A SYNTHETIC sentence
is one which is NOT analytic, but may be either true or false, depending on the way the world is.