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Unit 4 Significance of Words 一、Significance of words I. Definition of Significance Significance of words is the nominating things, behaviors and qualities. —— Plato A Word is the symbol of a singular definition, always pointing to its definition. —— Wilhelm von Humoldt II. What is Semantic meaning? In a broad sense, semantic meaning represents human’s thinking and thoughts. Without semantic meaning, people couldn’t achieve the mutual communication and understanding. In a narrow sense, semantic meaning refers to the language meaning of the words and sentences, also called the word’s meaning and the sentence’s meaning. 一般来说，研究意义特别是研究语言意义的学科被称为语义学（semantics or semasiology）。 I. 以下各句中country表示不同的意思，从B栏中选出country在A栏各句中的准确意义： A 1. What do you mean by a farming country? 2. The candidate has won the sixty percent of the country. 3. There is a great gap between rich and poor countries. 4. The children are looking forward to having a picnic in the country next week. 5. The young scientist left his country and went on with his medical research abroad. B a nation or a state with its land or population. The nation or state of one’s birth or citizenship The people of a nation or state Land with a social nature or character The countryside II. 根据词义的拟声理据，将下列B栏中模拟动物叫声的词语与A栏中对应的动物名称词相配： A Apes－, bears－, beetles－, birds－, bulls－, cats－, cattle－, crickets－, doves－, donkeys－, ducks－, flies－, foxes－, geese－, hens－, larks－, mice－, monkeys－, owls－, pigs－, , ravens－, sheep－, snakes－, swans－, turkeys－, wolves－. B Sing, buzz, bray, gibber, neigh, quack, coo, cry, chatter, bellow, growl, hoot, bleat, low, hiss, grunt, drone, purr, yelp, squeak, gabble, howl, gobble, cluck, chirp, warble, croak Chauvinism Apes－gibber, bears－growl, beetles－drone, birds－Sing, bulls－bellow, cats－purr, cattle－low, crickets－chirp, doves－coo, donkeys－bray, ducks－quack, flies－buzz, foxes－yelp, geese－gabble, hens－cluck, larks－warble, mice－squeak, monkeys－chatter, owls－hoot, pigs－grunt, oink, ravens－croak, sheep－bleat