Meaning, Thought and Reality

Meaning, Thought and Reality

1. Mental representation

   • Word + World = Mental representation
     • Images
     • Real World Entity
     • Concepts
       • Described by phrases
       • Words -> Lexicalized
       • Adults and Kids = Different
   • Utility

2. References

   • Referrential
     • Nouns
     • Nominals
       • Names
         • Proper
           • Individual
         • Common
           • Set of Individual
     • Constant
       • My office
     • Variable
       • I, You, She, It
   • Non referrential

3. Language Relativity

   • Expectations
   • Fluency
   • Knowledge
     • Different perspectives
     • Different ways to think
   • Feelings
   • Direct translation not possible
   • Thought and Reality
     • Relationship
     • Semantic

4. Prototypes

   • Categories
   • Relationship between concepts
     • Network of semantis
   • Acquiring Concepts
     • Specific terms

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