Semantics Flashcards
What semantics studies?
studies meaning of word and word equivalents
Name types of meanings
Grammatical meaning
Lexico-grammatical meaning
Lexical meaning
How is lexical meaning subdivided?
Denotational
Connotational
Define lexical meaning
linguistic unit in which the meaning of a word stays the same in all its forms
Difference between lexical and grammatical meaning
Lexical = proces of movement
Grammatical = tense and person
What denotational meaning express?
the conceptual content of a word, makes communication possible
What two aspects are in denotational meaning, how are they divided and give an example for them.
Emotive coloring (father, daddy) - neutral, positive, negative
Stylistic reference (mother, mom) - neutral, formal, informal
Define connotational meaning
Emotive charge or stylistic reference of a word
It is optional - word can have it or not
How is conotational meaning subdivided and explain?
Notorious : widely known + for criminal acts or bas traits of a character
Celebrated: widely known + for special achievements in science, arts, …
Types of connotations
Stylistic connotation
Emotional connotation
Define stylistic connotation and types of its stylistic references
associtations concern the situation in which the word Is uttered, the social circumstances
neutral, formal, informal
f. e. poetic word, slang, ..
Define emotional connotation
