英语语言学五.pptVIP

Chapter 5 Meaning  The subject concerning the study of meaning is called SEMANTICS. More specifically, semantics is the study of the meaning of linguistic units, words and sentences in particular. 研究意义的学科叫做语义学。更具体地说，语义学是研究语言单位的意义，尤其是词和句子的意义的学科。 Meaning has been studied for thousands of years by philosophers, logicians and linguists. E.g. Plato Lao Zi. One difficulty in the study of MEANING is that the word “meaning” itself has different meanings. e.g. What is the meaning of life? 5.1 M