语言学Chapter 5 Meaning (revised).pptVIP

Chapter 5 Semantics;Questions to be discussed:;Questions to be discussed:;;;;The meaning of a word in a language is the object in the world that it stands for, refers to or denotes.;Words are names or labels for things. ;Weak points of Naming Theories;; Thought or Reference;;This theory raises a new problem. For example, what is precisely the link between the symbol and concept?;;;;;J. R. Firth, the leading British linguist, advanced a contextual view of meaning embodying both linguistic and situational context. He held the view that “We shall know a word by the company it keeps