Chapter 5 Meaning课件.pptVIP

Chapter 5 Meaning---- Semantics ;Semantics is the study of the meaning of linguistic units, especially words and sentences. e.g. precondition finished, works class, blackboard modernize our country The teacher offended the student. The student offended the teacher. The main concern of semantics is with the meaning of words as lexical items.;1. Meanings of meaning ;Conceptual meaning 概念意义 Associative meaning 联想意义 2. Connotative meaning 内涵意义 3. Social meaning 社会意义 4. Affective meaning 感情意义 5. Reflected meaning 反射意义 6. Collocative meaning 搭配意义 7. Thematic meaning 主题意义 ;Conceptual versus associative meaning ;Associative meaning is concerned with “associations” or “connotations”, attached to a word. e.g. woman --- frail, prone to tears, emotional, gentle, compassionate needle --- painful low-calorie --- good for our health Hollywood --- romance and glittering success.;Associative meaning 联想意义 2. Connotative meaning 内涵意义 What is communicated by virtue of what language refers to. 通过语言所指传达的意义 e.g. politician---statesman, famous---notorious 3. Social meaning 社会意义 What is communicated of the social circumstances of language use. 所传达的关于语言使用的社会环境的意义 e.g. thy --- your ;;4. Affective meaning 感情意义 What is communicated of the feelings and attitudes of the speaker / writer. 所传达的关于说话人或作者感情、态度方面的意义 e.g. Shut up! Jane is an angel of a girl. 5. Reflected meaning 反射意义 What is communicated through association with another sense of the same expression. 通过联想同一表达方式的其他意义所传达的意义 e.g. gay happy; homosexual;6. Collocative meaning 搭配意义 What is communicated through association with words which tend to occur in the environment of another word. 通过联想词语的常用搭配而传达的意义 e.g. a pretty woman, a handsome woman 7. Thematic meaning 主题意义 What is communicated by the way in which the message is organized in terms of order and emphasis. 通过由顺序和重音组织信息的方式所传达的意义 e.g. My broth