自考英语语言学(week 5-6).ppt

自考英语语言学 2014. 10. 11 Chapter 5 Semantics Semantics----the study of language meaning. Meaning is central to the study of communication. What is meaning?---- Scholars under different scientific backgrounds have different understandings of language meaning. Some views concerning the study of meaning Naming theory (Plato) 命名论 The conceptualist view 意念论 Contextualism (Bloomfield)语境论 Behaviorism行为主义论 Naming theory (Plato) Words are names or labels for things. Limitations: 1) Applicable to nouns only. 2) There are nouns which denote things that do not exist in the real world, e.g. g