Language Meaning and Use

Language Meaning and Use

1. Types of meaning

   • Lexical meaning
     • compound words
   • grammatical meaning
     • connection with lexical words
   • sentence meaning
     • combination of words
   • utterance meaning

2. Semantics

   • Study of meaning in language

3. Pragmatics

   • Study of language: point of view of usage

4. Internal meaning

   • synonymy
   • antonymy
   • hyponymy