Im terribly sorry to interrupt, but I wonder if you would be so kind as to lower your voices a little. steed (poetic), horse (general), nag (slang) - domicile ( very formal), residence (formal), adobe (poetic), home (general) Affective Meaning Reflecting the feeling of the speaker e.g. of law, advertisement, economic) - Status (polite lang., slang) - Modality (lecture notes, colloquial, joke) e.g. X Language, Ms.Y language) -Dialect (Geographical position, social class) -Time (Victorian language, etc) B.Channel of Communication - Channel (Speech, written form, etc) - Participation (dialog, monolog, seminar) D. 3) Stylistic & Affective Meaning Showing the social environment of the speaker, relation between speaker A. woman = +HUMAN,-MALE, +ADULT 2) Connotative Meaning Additional communicative value added to the conceptual meaning. 1) Conceptual Meaning ( Denotative Meaning) -perceived by -CONTRASTIVE PRINCIPLE -CONSTITUENT STRUCTURE e.g. Some varieties of meaning: Meaning Linguistic Meaning Language meaning Dialect Meaning Regional Social Idiolect meaning Speaker Meaning Literal Non-literal Theres a lot to be considered in determining meaning.Consider Sentences below: Lexical meaning a) I like to run b) The engines run well c) They run a mail order house d) He scored a run in the third inning That to which the interpreter of a symbol a.

That to which the user of a symbol believes himself to be referring. That to which the user of a symbol ought to be referring. That to which a user of a symbol actually refers. The practical consequences of a thing in our future experience. The other words annexed to a word in a dictionary. Ogden & Richards defines the concept of meaning into:1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) An intrinsic property. It has to consider elements outside the language.

Name/symbol- Referent Theres no direct relation between symbol and referent. Meaning of MEANING Ogden & Richards (1972) triangle: Thought/ Reference/ Meaning SEMANTICSemantic refer to the study of language meaning.

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