SEMANTICS

SEMANTICS

1. UTTERANCE

   • DEFINITION
     • An utterance is any strech of talk, by one person, before and after which there is silence on the part of that person
   • DIFFERENCES
     • *You can use or not the grammatical *Any language *Can be spoken and written
   • FOR EXAMPLE
     • +Hello + Not, much

2. PROPOSITION

   • DEFINITION
     • A proposition is that part of the meaning of the uterrance of a declarative sentence which describes some states of affairs
   • DIFFERENCES
     • *You can use or not the grammatical * It can't not be any language
   • FOR EXAMPLE
     • *I'm an idiot *You will go away

3. SENTENCE

   • DEFINITION
     • A sentence is neither a physical event nor a physical object, a string of words put togheter by the grammatical rules of a language
   • DIFFERENCES
     • *You need use the grammatical *Any lenguage
   • FOR EXAMPLE
     • +Hellen rolled up the carper +Sincerity may frighten the boy

4. Semantics study the meaning, lenguage and semiotics