英语语言学概论第五章笔记..docVIP

Chapter 5 Semantics 语义学 What is semantics？什么是语义学？ Semantics can be simply defined as the study of meaning in language. 语义学可定义为对语言意义的研究。 Some views concerning the study of meaning 语义研究的几种主要理论 The naming theory 命名论 It was proposed by the ancient Greek scholar Plato. According to this theory, the linguistic forms or symbols, in other words, the words used in a language are taken to be labels of the objects they stand for. So words are just names or labels for things. 命名论是最原始的语义理论，是古希腊学者柏拉图提出的。该理论把词看作是该词所指事物的名称或标记。 The conceptualist view 意念论 The conceptualist view holds that there is