8 semantics 语义学.pptVIP

Chapter 5 semantics 5.1 what is Semantics about? The study of meaning 5.2 about meaning 1 Saussure’s theory ( signifier and signified) 2 Ogden’sRichard’s Theory(referential theory) 3 leech’s classification Saussure’s sign theory The denotation of a word consists of a signifier(能指)(the thing that signifies) and signified(所指)(the thing that is signified) Saussure’s linguistic sign is the combination of certain sound sequence with certain meaning structure. Eg /dog/=signifier Animal==signified /tri:/=signifier Plant=signified Nominalism （naming theory）名实论，命名论）（an intrinsic property） Plat