文档介绍：Ⅱ.WordMeaning*PPT课件(Ⅰ).Definition: ponents:reference,anythinginthereferentialrealmdenotedbyawordorexpression,andsense,thesystemofparadigmaticandsyntagmaticrelationshipsbetweenalexicalunitandotherlexicalunitsinalanguage.*PPT课件TheEnglishlinguist,EricPartridge,says:“Wordshavenomeaning;peoplehavemeaningforthem.”(词本无义,人赋予之。) Isay:“Wordsarewords,becausetheyaremeaningful.”*pleteword: meaning (房子) form---------------referent (house)*PPT课件这个图形表示: 第一,词有两个方向—“形式”和“意义(概念)”.“形式”指的是拼写;与此相对的是词的“意义(概念)”,,这两方面缺一不可. 第二,,词义在客观世界中是有所指的;另一方面,词义又是客观世界的某一(或某些)事物在语言中的反映. 第三,在“语义三角”中,“形式”和“所指对象”间不是实线,而是用虚线连接起来的,,house 和之间没有必然联系,它们之间是约定俗成的.*PPT课件Whydowenamea“house” Thereisnowaytoexplain“why”. However,thereissomewaytoexplain“house”in“Ithousesus.”or“Wearehoused.”*PPT课件So,wordsmayhavetwonatures:“conventionality”and“motivation”.*PPT课件(Ⅱ).NaturesofWordMeaning:* (约定俗成) MostEnglishwordsareconventional,arbitrarysymbols;consequently,.*:(理据形成) ,,thereisasmallgroupofwordsthatcanbedescribedasmotivated,thatis,adirectconnectionbetweenthesymbolanditssensecanbereallyobserved.*PPT课件