Meaning, Thought and Reality

Meaning, Thought and Reality

1. Words, concepts and meaning

   • Lexicalized concepts
     • Concepts expresed by a word
       • Speaker can think while using phrases

2. Linguistic Relativity

   • Peoples thougnt
     • Determinded by category
   • Gramatical system meaning
     • Determinants of thought

3. Reference

   • Used within entities in the world
   • Referring and Non-referring expressions
     • Linguistic expressions not used
       • so, very, maybe, if, not, all
     • Referring nouns
     • Constant
       • Utterances
     • Variable
       • Depends of content

4. Denote

   • Relationship World - Linguistic expression

5. Nouns and noun phrases

   • Used to refers definite/indefinite NPs
     • Form definite descriptions
       • "She has a crush on the captain of the hockey team"

6. Relation between concepts

   • Words conected by semantic links.
     • Integration of existing knowledge