LANGUAGE MEANING & USE

LANGUAGE MEANING & USE

1. TYPES OF MEANING

   • LEXICAL MEANING:
     • GRAMMATICAL MEANING:
       • SENTENCE MEANING:
         • UTTERANCE MEANING:
           • Is that of sentence in a particular spoken context which is not necessarily the same as its meaning.
         • Results from the combination of words in a sentence. This can vary even with the same words as with a sentence where the subject and the object are exchanged.
       • Is that of form words which only obtain significance when used in connection with lexical words. Such form words are the many prepositions, conjunctions or determiners.
     • Is that of individual words or of compound words.

2. INTERNAL MEANING RELATIONSHIPS

   • SYNONYMY:
     • Sameless of meaning.
     • ANTONYMY:
       • Difference in meaning.
       • HYPONYMY:
         • Hierarchical order of meaning.

3. SEMANTICS:

   • Is concerned with the study of meaning in language and is related to both philosophy and logic.

4. PRAGMATICS:

   • Is the study of language from the point of view of usage.