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Semantics
GRAMMAR
linguistic competence
What fluent speakers know about their
LANGUAGE
a conventional
system for communication
words and phrases
MEANING
THEORIES
The Denotational Theory of Meaning
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Mentalist Theories of Meaning
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Meaning as Images
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Meanings as concepts
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The sense theory of Meaning
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The use theory of meaning
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Scope
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Goals
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Varieties
Linguistic meaning
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Speaker meaning
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Mood and Meaning
Traditional Grammars of English
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Jaspersen
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the study of linguistic
Bibliography
What are some examples of idiolects
Slideshare
Social variation
PDF
Lexical change in the English language
20 examples of slang language
Dialect and varieties
Akmajian et al:
Linguistics
: Chapter 6: Semantics: The Study of Linguistic Meaning
Anaphoric relations
Co-linked
Reflexives
John shaves himself.
Reciprocals
The men liked each other.
Idioms
I lost my way.
Wh-antecedents
Who thinks that he has been cheated?
Quantified antecedents
Everyone said that he was tired.
Epithets
He stepped on my foot, the creep!
Reference
theories
Historical Chain
about a historical referent
for proper names of persons and places
Description
about a unique referent
for definite descriptions
Referentiality
description is not essencial
The object o person itself
important
Attributivity
description is used to set down conditions
Referencial Theory of Proper names
the name defines the referent
Division of linguistic labor
Only experts can define
Kind terms
Concepts
Semantic Minimalism
Context to convey meaning
Character
Deictics
two types
Demonstratives
involve
Supplementary gestures
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Indexicals
involve
Literal word in context
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determines
the referent
Content
Disjointly linked
Presumption of Disjoint Reference
requires
contrary to
connected to