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1、WhatisSemantics?vSemanticsisthestudyofthemeaningofwords,phrasesandsentences.GeoffreyLeech(1974,1981).Semantics:TheStudyofMeaning.Seventypesofmeaning:•Conceptualmeaning•Connotativemeaning•Socialmeaning•Affectivemeaning•Reflectedmeaning•Collocativemeaning•Thematicmeaning1.Meaningsofmeaning?1.1Concep
2、tualvs.associativemeaning1.2ConnotationanddenotationvhomevConceptualmeaning(概念意义)isalsocalled“denotative”（外延义）anditisconcernedwiththerelationshipbetweenawordandthethingitrefersto.vAssociativemeaning(联想意义)isthetotalofallthemeaningsapersonthinksofwhentheyheartheword.vConceptualmeaningismeaninggiveni
3、nthedictionary.vAssociativemeaningisthemeaningwhichawordsuggestsorimplies.vConnotativemeaning(内涵意义)isthatwhatiscommunicatedbyvirtueofwhatlanguagerefersto.Theymayvaryaccordingtoculture,historicalperiodandtheexperienceoftheindividual,andthusareindeterminateandopen-ended.vSocialmeaning(社会意义)issometim
4、esdefinedstylisticmeaning,“…isthatwhichapieceoflanguageconveysaboutthesocialcircumstancesofitsuse.”vDialect:thelanguageofageographicalregionorofasocialclass.vTime:thelanguageofthe18thc.,etc.vProvince:languageoflaw,ofscience,ofadvertising,etc.vStatus:polite,colloquial,slang,etc.vModality:languageof
5、memoranda,lectures,jokes,etc.vSingularity:thestyleofDickens,etc.vAffectivemeaning(感情意义)isconcernedwiththeexpressionoffeelingsandattitudesofspeakersorwriters.Affectivemeaningcannotstandonitsown.Itdependsonconceptualmeaning,stylisticsmeaning,etc.vReflectedmeaning(反射意义)meansthatarisesincasesofmultipl
6、econceptualmeaning,whenonesenseofawordformspartofourresponsetoanothersense.vCollocativemeaning(搭配意义)meansthatassociationsawordacquiresonaccountofthemeaningsorwordswhichtendtooccurinitsenvironment.”Some,mainlysynonyms,sharethesameconceptualmeaning,butareusedorcollocateddifferently;thereforethemeani
7、ngisalsoquitedifferent.eg.girlboyboymanPrettywomanhandsomevesselflowerovercoatgardenairlinervillagetypewritervThematicmeaning(主位意义)is“whatiscommunicatedbythewayinwhichthemessageisorganizedintermsoforderandemphasi
