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1、TheTriangleofSignificanceinEnglishLexicologyAbstract:TheTriangleofsignificanceplaysanimportantroleinEnglishLexicology.ItoftenappearsinEnglishword.ButunderstanditwhichisstillaproblemforusEnglishlearners.AsEnglishmajor,weshouldunderstandtherelationshipbetweenthemwhichi
2、smeaning,formandreferent.Aslongaswefigureitout,wewillimproveourknowledgeaboutEnglishvocabularyKeyword:Thetriangleofsignificance;Meaning;Form;Reference.1IntroductionTheTriangleofsignificanceismadeupbytheword’smeaning,theword’sformandthereferent.Frommypointofview,themo
3、stimportantthinginunderstandingthetriangleofsignificanceisfigureouttheconnectiononeachpoint.Let’sseethepicturebellow5Form形式Referent所指对象Meaning(Concept)意义（概念）Word词2MeaningFormReferentTheanimalsexpresstheirideasinasimpleway,whilewehumanbeingexpressesourfeelingthroughth
4、elanguage.That’stheoneofthereasonswhythehumanbeingarehigherleverthananimal.Wewerelivinginthecommunity.Theremustbegive-and-takebetweenpersonandperson.Andtheinstrumentthatweusetocommunicatetoeachotheristhelanguage.Human’smentallyexchangeisbaseonthelanguage.Thecharacter
5、isthevisualformofthelanguage.Thetriangleofsignificancecanexplainthecharacterall-around.Inthetriangleofsignificance,let’stalkabouttherelationbetweenformandreferentfirst.Someobjectivethingswillcreativesomereflectionstoourbrain,thenourbrainchangethesensation,thepercepti
6、on,therepresentationtotheconcept.Forexample,whenweweredefiningsomething,suchastree,flowerandsoon.Thereisnoreasonforustocallittreeorcallitflower.Becausesomeonenamethisobjectivethingstree,sowecallittree,asifsomeonenameitkey,thenwehavetocalltreekey.Afterwecreatethechara
7、cter,wehavetoputthemeaningintoit.Everysinglewordhasitsownmeaningandform.Theycannotseparate.TheEnglishlinguist---EricPartridgehassaidbefore,“Wordshavenomeaning;peoplehavemeaningforthem”Theobjectiveworldisboundless.Nomatterhowthelanguagerichis.Itcannotexplainthewordper
8、fectly.53ConclusionsConcludingfromthepreviousanalysisandexamples,wecandrawthefollowingconclusions.TheTriangleofsignificancetakesani
