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    The document discusses semantics and the different types of meaning in language. It defines semantics as the study of meaning in language. There are two main types of meaning: conceptual meaning, which is the literal or denotative meaning, and associative meaning, which includes concepts added to the original word. Associative meaning can be further divided into connotative, social, affective, reflected, and collocative meanings. The document also discusses semantic relationships between words like synonyms, antonyms, polysemy, homonymy, homophones, and heteronymy.

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    The document discusses semantics and the different types of meaning in language. It defines semantics as the study of meaning in language. There are two main types of meaning: conceptual meaning, which is the literal or denotative meaning, and associative meaning, which includes concepts added to the original word. Associative meaning can be further divided into connotative, social, affective, reflected, and collocative meanings. The document also discusses semantic relationships between words like synonyms, antonyms, polysemy, homonymy, homophones, and heteronymy.

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    The document discusses semantics and the different types of meaning in language. It defines semantics as the study of meaning in language. There are two main types of meaning: conceptual meaning, which is the literal or denotative meaning, and associative meaning, which includes concepts added to the original word. Associative meaning can be further divided into connotative, social, affective, reflected, and collocative meanings. The document also discusses semantic relationships between words like synonyms, antonyms, polysemy, homonymy, homophones, and heteronymy.

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    SEMANTIC

    S
    What is semantics?
    A sub discipline of
    linguistics which focuses on
    the study of meaning.
    Tries to understand what
    meaning is, as an element of
    language and how it is
    constructed by language as wel
    as interpreted and neglected by
    speakers and listeners.
    There are two types of
    meaning
    Look at these words. Read
    them and think of what other
    words come to your mind in
    relationship to the terms
    provided.
    dog sugar
    pill baby
    coin kids
    bed
    teacher bathroom
    There are two types of
    meaning
    Conceptual Meaning
    Associative Meaning
    Conceptual Meaning
    refers to the linguist
    function of the word, that
    provides its meaning.
    It is the literal meaning of
    the word indicating the idea
    or concept to which it refers.
    Example:
    • MONEY : It’s an object
    that allows people to buy
    goods
    Associative Meaning
    deals with the concepts
    that we add to the original
    word
    Example:
    • MONEY
    rich, job, evil, coin,
    poor
    The particular qualities
    beyond denotative meaning
    that people commonly think
    in relation to the word or
    phrase.
    It can be further divided into
    following five types:
    1. Connotative Meaning
    is something that goes
    beyond more reterent of a word
    and hints at its attributes in the
    real world.
    It is something more than the
    dictionary meaning.
    Examples:
    woman – prone to tears
    emotional

    hardworking
    Needle – headache, pain
    2. Social Meaning
    what is communicated of
    the social circumstancesof
    language use, including
    variations like dialect, time and
    Example: mother (formal)
    mom
    (colloquial)
    mama
    ( child’s
    3. Affective Meaning
    the feelings and attitude
    of the speaker towards the
    listener and or what is
    talking about.
    4. Reflected Meaning
    refers to the terms which
    more that one meaning surfaces
    at the same time.
    Arises when if a word has
    one or more than one
    concept or meaning.
    Example:
    • pretty
    “cute”
    • handsome “good
    looking”
    5. Collocative Meaning
    refers to the associations
    a word acquires on account
    of the meanings of words
    tend to occr in its
    heavy schedule – a very tight
    schedule

    fast color – the color that


    doesn’t fade
    Thematic Meaning
    this is what is
    communicated by the way in
    which the message is organized
    in terms of order and emphasis.
    Example:
    1. The young man donated the
    book.
    2. The book was donated by the
    young man.
    Semantic Relationship
    between words
    SYNONYMS
    when used to mean the same
    thing
    Examples:
    happy – glad
    battle – war
    ANTONYMS
    When two or more
    expressions are opposite in
    meaning
    Categorized into three.
    Complementary antonyms
    Examples:
    dead – alive
    single – married
    male - female
    Gradable antonyms
    Examples:
    hot - cold
    Relational opposites
    Examples:
    wife – husband
    student – teacher
    father - son
    Polysemy
    when words have two or
    more related meanings
    Examples:
    bright – shining
    mouse – animal
    bright - intelligent
    Homonymy
    it refers when two
    meanings are entirely
    unrelated
    Examples:
    bat – flying mammal
    bat – used in baseball
    pen – writing instrument
    pen – a small cage
    Homophones
    words with identical
    pronunciation but with
    different spellings and
    meanings
    Examples:
    • come
    • calm
    Heteronymy
    are homonyms that were
    same spelling but different
    pronunciation.
    Examples:
    • desert – to abandon
    • desert - arid region
    Examples:
    • come
    • calm

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