英语语言学名词解释总结

Chapter 6 Semantics

Semantics:it is generally defined as the study of inherence or intrinsic meaning, the meaning in isolation from the context.

The naming theory:命名论 it is One Of the oldest notiOnS COnCeming meaning proposed by Plato, which holds the view that the relationship between

linguistic forms and what they stand fOr is One Of naming. Its defaults: firstly, the theOry seems appliCable tO nOuns Only. SeCOndly, even within the CategOry Of nOuns, there are nOuns whiCh denOte things that dO nOt exist in the real wOrld at all Or things that dO nOt refer tO physiCal ObjeCts, but abstraCt nOtiOns. Finally, sOme wOrds may have different meanings in different COntexts wh ile the same referenCe may have different names suCh as“the mOrning star”and “the evening star”

The conceptualist theory : 意念论 C. K .Ogden RiChard Created the semantic triangle tO shOw the indireCt relatiOnship between symbOls and their suppOsed referents.

Symbol: it refers tO the linguistiC elements suCh as wOrd Or sentenCe. Referent: it refers tO the ObjeCt in the wOrld Of experienCe.

Context: it refers tO what COmes befOre and after a wOrd, phrase, statement, etC. helping tO fix the meaning; Or refers tO CirCumstanCes in whiCh an event OCCurs. Contextualism : 情境论、语境论 JOhn Firth

Situational context: it refers tO the partiCular spatiOtempOral situatiOn in whiCh an utteranCe OCCurs, the main COmpOnents Of whiCh inClude, apart frOm the plaCe and time Of the utteranCe, the speaker and the hearer, the aCtiOns they are perfOrming at the time, the variOus ObjeCts and events exists in the situatiOn.

The linguistiC COntext: sOmetimes knOwn as COntext, it inCludes a wOrd's CO-OCCurrenCe Or COllOCatiOn with anOther wOrd, whiCh fOrms part Of

the“meaning” Of a wOrd, and, alsO the part Of text that preCedes and fOllOws a partiCular utteranCe. FOr example, the meaning Of the wOrd “paper”differs in the twO COllOCatiOns Of “a pieCe of PaPer ”an d“a White paper”。 Lin guistic con text also in CIUdeS the Part of text that preCedes and fOllOws a partiCular utteranCe.

Bloomfiled defined the meaning of a language form as th“e situationin which the speaker utters it and the response it calls forth in the hear”er Behaviorism :行为主义 it is a theory of animal and human learning that only focuses on objectively observable behavior and discount mental activities. Sense: 意义 it is the inherent meaning of the linguistic form.

Reference: 所指 it is what a linguistic form refers to in the real physical world. DiaIeCtal SynOnymS方言同义词 they are the SynOnymS USed in different regional dialects such aslift in British English and elevator in American English .

StyIiStiC SynOnyms:语体同义词they are the SynOnymS differing in style , or degree of formality , sUch as gentleman/gUy.

AffeCtiVe SynOnymS 情感同义词 they are the SynOnymS that bear the Same meaning bUt expreSS different emotionS of the USer, indicating the attitUdeS or biaS

of the USer toward what he iS talking aboUt ,SUch

aSlike/love/admire/adore/worShip.

COllOCatiOnal SynOnym S: 用于不同搭配的同义词 they are the SynonymS differing

in their collocations, such asa dole to the unemployment /an offering to the church. Semantically different synonyms:they are the synonyms differing

slightly in what they mean, such asescape/flee.

Polysemy :多义关系 it is a term used in semantic analysis to refer to a

lexical item which has more than one meaning.

Radiation : 辐射性 it is the semantic process in which the primary meaning stands at the center and the secondary meaning radiates out of it. Concatenation :连锁型 it is the semantic process in which the meaning of a word moves gradually away from its primary meaning in successionso that the present meaning seems to have no connection to the primary meaning. Homonymy:同音、同形异义词the Phenomenon that different words may be identical in sound or spelling or in both is called homonymy.

Homographs: 同形异义 they are the words which haPPen to be the same in sPelling, but differ both in sounds and meaning.

HOmOPhOneS同音异义 they are the words WhiCh happen to be identical in sound, but differ both in sPelling and meaning.

Complete homonyms同音、同形异义 they are the words WhiCh happen to be

identical both in sound and spelling, but differ in meaning.

Hyponymy: it refers to the senserelation between a more general, more

inclusive word and a more specific word. It is concerned with semantic inclusion.

SUPerOrdinate上座标词 it refers to the word WhiCh is more general in

meaning . Hyponym : 下义词 it refers to the more specific word.

Co-hyponym: it refers to hyponym of the same superordinate.

GradabIe antonyms:可分等级反义词 they are the antonyms WhiCh differ in terms

of degree.

Complementary antonyms 互补反义词 they are non-gradable antonyms WhiCh are semantiCally Complementary to eaCh other, therefore, they do not permit degrees of Contrast.

COnVerSe antonyms逆反反义词 they are the antonyms WhiCh are interdependent, showing the reversal of a relationship between two entities.

4 Sentence meaning

Sentence meaning:A sentenCe meaning is abstraCt, Context-independent in

Contrast to utteranCe meaning WhiCh is ConCrete and Context-dependent. Entailment（包含关系）:Entailment is basically a Semantic relation （or

logical impliCation ）. It refers to something that logiCally folloWs What is assertedin the utteranCe.

Presuppositiort预设关系）：A PreSUPPOSition in Semantics refers to What is assumed by the speaker and \or assumed by him to be knoWn to the hearer before he makes the utteranCe. In a broader sense, presupposition Can be defined in ordinary language as any kind of baCkground assumption against WhiCh an aCtion, theory, expression or utteranCe makes sense or is rational.

5 Analysis of Meaning

Componential analysis -- a way to analyze lexical meaning

The Word man Can be analyzed in to a series of semantiC features suCh as

[+MAN,

+ADULT, +MAN] （+means the presence of a feature while- means the absence of a feature）. COmPOnential analysis （成分分析法）：It is a Way proposed by StruCtural semanticists to analyze word meaning, based on the belief that the meaning of a word Can be analyzed I to a series of meaning Components or semantiC features. Contrasts are usually presented in terms of +or -. These feature symbols are usually Written in Capitalized letters. PredicatiOn analysis 述（谓结构分析法） a way tO analyze sentence meaning

PrediCatiO n （述谓结构）：It is the abstract ion Of the meaning Of a Senten ce.

ArgUment（论元变元）:An argument is a logical PartiCiPant in a PrediCation, Iargely identical With the nominal element（ s） in a sentence.

PrediCate谓词）:A PrediCate is SOmething Said about an argument or it StateS the logical relation linking the arguments in a sentence.

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PragmatiCS 语用学

PragmatiCs studies the meaning of Words in Context, analyzing the Parts of meaning that Can be exPlained by knoWledge of the PhysiCal and soCial World, and the soCio-PsyChologiCal faCtors influenCing CommuniCation, as Well as the knoWledge of the time and PlaCe in WhiCh the Words are uttered or Written.

COntext

Situational COnteXt情景语境）:It is What SPeakerSknow about What they Can See around them. LinguistiC COntex:t It iS What haS been Said before in the ConverSation, the “hiStory”

of thingS Said So far.

Social COnteXt社会语境）:It is the gen erally kno WIedge that most people Carry With them in their mindS, about areaS of life and SPeCifiC and PoSSibility Private knoWledge about the history of the sPeakers themselves.

Entailment

Entailment: An entailment is something that logiCally folloWs from What is asserted in an utteranCe.

PresuPPOsitiOn

PresuPPosition: PresuPPositions are imPliCations that are often felt to be in the baCkground—to be assumed by the sPeaker to be already knoWn to the addressee.

1：言内行为LOCutiOnary ACt

It is the basiC and PhysiCal aCt of utteranCe, or ProduCing a meaningful linguistiC exPression. This aCt is ConCerned With the literal meaning.

2： .言外行为IllOCutiOnary ACt

This aCt involves the sPeCifiC PurPose or real intension that the sPeakers have in mind. 3： .言后行为PerlOCutiOnary ACt

It is the aCt of an utteranCe on the hearer; it is the hearer reaCtion.

4：.会话含义COnversatiOnal imPliCatures

ACCording to P.GriCe, it refers to the extra meaning not Contained in the utteranCe,

understandable to the listener only when he shares the speaker ' s knowledge or knows why and how he violates intentionally one of the four maxims of the CP.

5：礼貌原则Politeness principle

It is series of maxims, proposed by Geoffrey Leech as a way of explaining how politeness

op aerates in conversational exchanges. Leech defines politeness as forms of behavior that

establish and maintain comity. That is the ability of participants in a social interaction

to engage in interaction in an atmosphere of relative harmony. 6:: 合作原则Cooperative

Principle

It 'psroposed and formulated by P.Grice, a pragmatic hypothesis, is about that the

participants must first of all be willing to cooperate, otherwise, it would not be

possible for them to carry on the talk.

合作原则的准则4Maxim of Cooperative Principle 数量the maxim of Quantity 你说的话应包含所需内容且不可超过内容要求

Make your contribution as informative as required;

Do not make your contribution more informative than is required 质量the maxim of Quality ---------- 不要说你认为是假的话或你缺乏足够证据的话

Do not say what you believe to false.

Do not say for which you lack adequate evidence 关系the maxim of relation 使你的话与话题相关be relevant

方式the maxim of manner --- 避免模糊、歧义，应简明有序

Avoid obscurity of expression and ambiguity;

Be brief/be orderly.

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:.言语社区Speech Community

It refers to a group of people who form a community and share at least one speech variety

as well as similar linguistic norms.

LangUage VarietieS （语言变体）：Variety is a gen eric term for a PartiCuIar COhere nt

form of language in which specific extra linguistic criteria can be used to define it as a

variety.

RegiSter （语域）：it is the SitUatiOnal USe of Ianguage, a Variety USed for a PartiCUIar PurPose or in a ParticuIar setting.

DiaIeCt： it refers to any regionaI, soCiaI or ethniC variety of a IangUage.

RegionaI diaIeCt： it refers to the IangUage variety Used in a geograPhiCaI region..

ReCeiVed PrOnUnCiatiOn （标准发音）：ReCeiVed PrOnUnCiation is the SUPPOSed aCCePtabIe standardized PronUnCiation of the middIe 2t0h CentUry .It is a non-IoCaIized aCCent, whiCh enjoyS high PreStige and haS beCome a marker of UPPer CIaSS.

SOCiOleC：t it referS to the IingUiStiC Variety CharaCteriStiC of a PartiCUIar SoCiaI CIaSS.

It 's also called social dialect.

Genderlect: it is a variety of speech or conversational used by a particular gender.

Hedges: hedges are the words whose meaning implicitly involves fuzziness and whose job is to make things fuzzier or less fuzzy.

Fillers: fillers are those words or phrases that we put into speeches to fill the gaps when we're nervous or when we are at a loss for words, like um, ay'know, or soooooo

Age dialect: the varieties of language according to age are called age dialect. Age

dialect is not a distinct entity. In talking about age dialect, we are talking about the correlation between the use of certain linguistic forms and age groups. In that sense, age dialect is a matter of proportion.

Ethnic dialect: it is a dialect used by a racial or national group. It is mainly spoken by a less privileged population that has experience some form of social isolation such as racial to discrimination or segregation.

Standard dialect （标准方言）：it is a superimposed, socially PreStigiOuS dialect Of a language that has been given either legal or quasi-legal status. It is the language employed by the government and used by the mass media, and taught in educational institutions, including school setting where the language is taught as a foreign or second language.

RegiSter （语域）：it refers to VarietieS according to the USe of Ianguage.

Field（语场）:it refers to What is going on and to the area of OPerati on of the Ian guage activity.

TenOr（语旨）:it refers to the relati ons betwee n the PartiCiPa nts.

Mode： it refers to the means of communication.

Pidgin （洋泾浜语）：it refers to a con tact la nguage that arises in SitUatiO ns Where sPeakers of different languages cannot understand each oth'serfirst language or native language and, thus, need to develoP a common means of communication.

PidginizatiOn: i t is a Process which generally involves the simPlification of a language in order to create a Pidgin.

Creoles （克利奥尔

语）：Creoles are former Pidgins whose functional and grammatical limitations and si mplification have been eliminated and which now function as fully fledged, standardi zed native languages.

Creolization: The process whereby a pidgin turns into a Creole is called creolisation. It involves the expansion of linguistic system of a pidgin and the increase in the numb er of its functions in daily communication.

LingUa FranCe (通用

语): A lingua franca is defined as a language which is used habitually by people wh ose mother tongues are different in order to facilitate communication between them.

Chapter9

DisCoUrse CommUnitie:s The common ways in which members of a social group use language to meet their social needs.

IingUiStiC determinism语言决定论：It POSitS that language determines the Way We think, or in other words, we actually live in language instead of other way round

iCon: image, Picture Or rePreSentatiOn.

Sign: a linguiStic unit; it uniteS a cOncePt and a SOund-image.

Metaphor: a device fOr Seeing SOmething in termS Of SOmething elSe.

DisCoUrse: ThiS term, With a caPital D, cOined by linguiSt JameS Gee, referS tO WayS Of SPeaking, reading and Writing, but alSO Of behaving, interacting, thinking, valuing, that are characteriStic Of SPecific diScOurSe cOmmunitieS.

disCoUrse:The PrOceSS Of language uSe, Whether it be SPOken, Written Or Printed, that includeS WriterS, textS, and readerS Within a SOciOcultural cOntext Of meaning PrOductiOn and recePtiOn.

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