Unit4词义及词的理据.pptVIP

Chapter IV. word meaning  Main contents/focus: 1.Views on word meaning 2.motivation aims of learning word meaning 1.facilitate the understanding of English word meaning 2.have a cognitive understanding of English word meaning Views on word meaning 1.the referential theory指称论 Plato meaning→ object /behavior /quality stone/stand/grey Words are symbol /name of the objective world. The referential theory the morning star vs. the evening star Do we have a “mental picture” of things? But not everybody has the same picture… So how do we