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Semantics

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The study of the meaning of morphemes, words, phrases and sentences (the meaning is analyzed)

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pragmatics

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the way speakers use language to express themselves (the meaning variation in context)

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metonymy

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a figure of speech in which an attribute or commonly associated feature is used to name or designate something

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synecdoche

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a figure of speech by which a more inclusive term is used for a less inclusive one and vice versa

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lexeme

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a word walk, walked, walking are all different forms of the same lexeme

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paradigmatic

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the way words can substitute for each other in the same sentence context

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synonymy

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sameness of meaning (pavement/sidewalk)

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hyponymy

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inclusion of meaning (cat/animal)

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antonymy

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oppositeness of meaning (big/small)

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Incompatibility

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mutual exclusiveness within the same subordinate category (red/green)

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reference (extension) of a concept

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what is corresponds to

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sense (intension) of a concept

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what we know about its meaning

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signified word

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the object in the world that the word stands for

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signifier word

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the word in the language

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referent

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the thing referred to (noun or pronoun

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speaker reference

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what a speaker is referring to, varies according to speaker and context (pragmatics)

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linguistic reference

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systematic denotation of same linguistic expression as part of a language.

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extension

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the set of all potential referents for a referring expression (past, present, future) ie: bird

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prototype

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a typical member of the extension of a referring expression (robin or blue bird NOT ostrich)

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stereotype

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list of characteristics describing a prototype (ie: birds have 2 wings, 2 legs, wings, feathers, etc)

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Coreference

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two linguistic expressions that refer to the same real world entity (Jay Leno/host of tonight show)

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Anaphora

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expression that refers to another linguistic expression (himself/whoever)

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Deixis (DIKE-sis)

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expression that had one meaning but can refer to different entities depening on the speaker and his or her spatial and temporal orientation (ie two people having a conversation referencing left and right, you, i, etc)

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Semantic Meaning

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the context in which sentence is said, meaning of the words in the sentence, morphological and syntactic structure, depends on the lexicon of English.

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Principle of Compositionality

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the semantic meaning of any unit of language is determined by the semantic meaning of its parts along with the way they are put together.

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Compositional Semantics

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formal semantics concerned with how principle of compositionality is applied- study the veriety of grammatical patterns which occur in languages across the world.

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Denotative Meaning

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the logical meaning- indicates the essential qualitites of a concept that distinguished it from other concepts.

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connotative meaning

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additional or associated meaning whichi is attached to the denotative conceptual meaning.

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social meaning

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meaning the word possesses by virtue of its use in particula social situations and circumstances

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thematic meaning

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the manner in which a message is organized for emphasis

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The Theory of Naming

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Language is a communication system which works with two elements: signifiers and signified

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The Conceptual Theory of Meaning

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words and things are related through the mediation of concepts of the mind

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The Behavioristic Theory of Meaning

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Meaning in terms of context a langjage is used.

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Agent

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the entity that performs the action

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theme

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the entitey that is involved in or affected by the action

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Instrument

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if an agent uses another entity in performing an action, that other entity takes the role of instrument

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Benefactive

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the noun or noun phrase that refers to the person or animal who benefits from the action of the verb

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Analytic Sentence

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one that is necessarily true simply by virtue of the words in the sentence (a bachelor is an unmarried man)

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Contradictory sentence

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a sentence that is false simply by virtue of the words in it

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synthetic sentence

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true or false depending on how the world is

English 211-01 (7 decks)

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