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Semantif fields and EFL/ESL teaching semantic fields 1 - Coggle Diagram
Semantif fields and EFL/ESL teaching
Semantic Field
Definition
A set of words that have in common or share one or more meanings.
Jost Trier introduced the term
His definition
He defined as a
set of semantically related words
Examples:
Parts of face
Nose
Nostrils
Temples
Forehead
Brow
Septum
Mouth
Lips
Stages of Life
New-born
Infant
Young adult
Adult
Child
Kid
Water
Forms
Ice
Water
Steam
Vapour
Sleet
Rain
Snow
Hail
Crystal
Definition
The view that the vocabulary of a language is a system of interrelated lexical networks.
History
The linguistic approach to semantic field was first profounded by G
erman scholars in the 1930s.
Trier (cited in Palmer, 1981, p.68) compared a single language at two different periods.
Crystal 1987, "there have been many philosophical and linguistic attempts to classify the concepts or words in a language notably.
Examples
Affections
General term
Personal
Sympathetic
Moral
Obligations
Sentiments
Conditions
Practice
Temperance
Interperance
Sensualism
Asceticism
Intiuitions
Religious
Effects on child language
It develops as the child grows
The child perceives concepts and objects
Starts asking What´s that?
Translations
There are difficulties
English has a variety of words for different types of dogs
Eskimo language has numerous words ford different types os snow.
Translations can be difficult from one language to another.
Difficulties for semantic field differences.
Teaching
Use connections
use relations
Semantic fiields helps to increase vocabulary.
