HLW1 Semantics

HLW1 Semantics

1. Linguistic Relativity

   • Social Constructionism
   • Universal Semantic Primes
     • Universal Lexemes
     • Weirzbicka (1996)
     • Goddard (2001)
   • Non-lexicalised Concepts
   • Homography
   • Homophony
   • Polysemy
   • Synonymy
   • Homonymy
   • Positivism

2. What Is Meaning?

   • Reference
   • Expression
     • Concept/Sense
     • Denotation
     • Referent/Extension
   • Entailment

3. Semiotics

   • Principle of Compositionality
   • Principle of Contrasts
   • Index/Indices
     • Natural Indices
   • Signifier
   • Signified
   • Symbols
   • Natural Signs
   • C.S. Pierce
     • Signification
   • Icons

4. What is a Concept?

   • Saussure
     • The Linguistic Sign
   • A set of criteria?
   • A typical instance?
   • An image in our mind?
   • Edward Sapir
   • Sufficient Criteria
   • Necessary Criteria
   • Ludwig Wittgenstein
     • Family Resemblance
   • Prototype Theory
     • Eleanor Rorsch
     • Aitchison
       • Birdyness Scale
   • The Semiotic Triangle
     • C.K. Ogden and I.A. Richards (1923)
       • The Meaning of Meaning

5. Challenges to Meaning

   • Context
   • Conventional Meaning
   • Compositional Problem
     • The Definitions Theory
   • Problem of Circularity
     • Metalanguage?
   • Connotations
     • Speaker Meaning?
     • Sentence Meaning?
   • World Knowledge
     • Encyclopedic Knowledge?
     • Linguistic Knowledge?
       • Subjectivism