英语词汇学5-1.pptVIP

Chapter Five Word Meaning Questions: Why meaning is so elusive? What does meaning actually mean? What are the different meanings of the word meaning? What is the relationship of form and meaning? Is meaning motivated or arbitrary? Word meaning The conceptualist holds that there is no direct link between a linguistic form and what it refers to (i.e. between language and the real world); they are linked through the mediation of concepts in the mind. Put it another, any sound-image is psychologically associated with a particular concept, a general idea derived