语言学教程.Meaning.pptVIP

Chapter FiveMeaning 1. The meaning of meaning C. K. Ogden I. A. Richards (1923). The Meaning of Meaning. John means to write. A green light means to go. The Naming Theory Plato: Meaning is what a linguistic sign refer to. The earliest rational thinking about meaning. A plain understanding and conforms to the intuition of ordinary people. It is too simple to regard meaning as a direct connect between a linguistic sign and an object in the outer world. The Semantic Triangle Ogden Richards: Words → Concepts → Things: thought/concept/image symbolizes