SEMANTICS & THEORIES

by Dr Baidaa Alzubaidy

Tuesday 14 Nov 2023, 10:00 → 12:00 Asia/Baghdad

ENGLISH DEPARETMENT (COLLEGE OF EDUCATION )

Semantics, the philosophical and scientific study of meaning in natural and artificial languages. 

 

 

 

The researcher has discussed the main principles of three well–known theories of meaning, namely the referential theory to meaning, the non–referential theory to meaning and the generative grammarian theory to meaning.

 

Two important concepts when it comes to semantics are connotation and denotation. The denotation of a word is the dictionary definition. This is also known as the literal meaning of a word. Consider the word ''mansion.

 

According to a use-theory of meaning, the meaning of an expression is a matter of the way this expression is put to use by its competent users. Making Semantics Pragmatic Ken Turner (ed.).