04第五章 词的理据.ppt

Chapter Five word meaning  Main contents/focus: 1.Views on word meaning 2.motivation aims of learning motivation 1.facilitate the understanding of English word meaning 2.have a cognitive understanding of English word meaning 3.appreciate words in discourses Views on word meaning 1.the referential theory指称论 meaning→ object behavior /quality stone believe/hate 2.the ideational theory意念论 meaning→thought /reference意念 triangle of reference semantic triangle ---proposed by Ogden / Richards The meaning of meaning 1923 (The relation between a word and a thing it refers to is not direct. It is mediated by concept.) concept /thought word ------------------ thing (name/symbol/form ) (referent/object/ ） 3.the contextual theory语境论 meaning / context--- related Malinowski I don’t like her. She is tall and thin and moves like a crane. I like her. She is tall and thin and moves like a crane. 4.the phonetic theory语音论 sound /meaning --- related chip/little/mini-/bit /booklet /i/=little/small sn- unpleasant sound 5.the stylistic theory语体论 (social background / status/education/job…) girl maiden lass skirt face countenance mug so good such fun lovely terrific * Meaning of a word is open. Meaning is given by people . Meaning is unclear. * conventionalist view on word meaning: -- purely a matter of convention and tradition/ arbitrary Naturalist view on word meaning: --- intrinsic connection between form/ sound and meaning Words have no meaning; people have meaning for them--- Erik Patridge 词的意义是“人”赋予它的。 1.motivation It deals with the connection between name (word symbol) and sense. Some words are motivated. Types of motivation 1)phonetic motivation (onomatopoeaic, echoic~) 2) semant