Semantics. Chapter 1. Griiffyhs

Studying meaning

Main branches

Semantics

Study of the "toolkit" for meaning

Pragmatics

Use of tools in meaninful conversation.

Denote

Connection

Items of the language

Aspects of te world

Expression

Any meaningful language unit

Sequence of meaning unit

Utterance

Raw data of linguistics

Each is produced by a particular sender in a specific situation

They can never be repeated

Interpreted in context

Based in

Sentence

Abstract linguistic object

Literal meaning

Based in semantic information

Explicature

Basic interpretation of

Implicture

What is hinted by

Informed guesses

Types of meanings

Sender's meaning

What is itended to convey by means of

Utterance meaning

Sentence meaning

Formal Semantics

Formal logic

Denotation

Sense relations

Sense

Between senses of expresion