Chapter5Semantics
1. Definition
1.
鍛藉悕璁?/p>
The naming theory
Proposed
by
the
ancient
Greek
scholar
Plato.
According
to
this
theory,
the
linguistic
forms
or
symbols,
in
other
words,
the
words
used
in
a
language are taken to be labels of the objects they stand for, so words
are just names or labels for things.(
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)
2.
鎰忓康璁?/p>
The conceptualist view Ogden and Richards
It holds that there is no direct link between a linguistic form and what it
refers to; rather, intheinterpretationof meaning they are linked through
the mediation of concepts in the mind.
3.
璇璁?/p>
Conceptualism
It鈥檚basedonthepresumptionthatonecanderivemeaning
fromorreducemea
ningtoobservablecontexts.Herearetwokindsofcontext:thesituationalandt
helinguisticcontext.
4.
琛屼负涓讳箟璁?/p>
Behaviorism
It refers to the attempted to define the meaning of a language form as
the situation in which the speaker utters it and the response it calls forth
in the hearer. This theory somewhat close to conceptualism emphasizes
on the psychological response.
2.Lexicalmeaning:
Sense:itisconcernedwithinherentmeaningoflinguisticform;itisthecollectio