Structure of Denotational Meaning

Lecture 5. Word and Lexical Meaning

 

The word is _______________________________________________________________________________________

 

I_________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

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A semantic triangle

The referent is named by a word “ house“.

The referent is reflected in the meaning: “the building in which people live”.

The meaning is represented by the name.

Notion and meaning

 

Semantic Structure of a Word

Lexical meaning_________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________

e.g.father, fathers, with my father, his father’s job - “a male parent”;

 

Grammartical meaning_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

 

e.g., s – plural, ‘s– possessive case, -er – comparison .

e.g. father “a noun, countable, singular”

fathers - “a noun, countable, plural”

 

 

______________________________is the type of meaning that makes communication possible.

 

______________________________ is additional meaning that adds to the fundamental of the word.

 

Connotations

1.Evaluative _____________________________________________________________________________________

(positive or negative) e.g. famous ( ) - notorious ( )

2.Stylistic _______________________________________________________________________________________

 

meal ( ), snack, bite ( ), refreshment ( )

3.Emotive ________________________________________________________________________________________

 

e.g. to stare

to peep

Structure of meaning

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e.g. father - 1 )My father is a doctor.___________________________

2 ) Our fathers knew how to preserve berries for long . ____________________

3) founding fathers of American democracy_____________________

4)Father John __________

 

Structure of Denotational Meaning

 

man girl

Structure of Connotational meaning

 

man