semantics
study of meaning
ambiguity
entailment
contradiction
semiotics
signifier
signified
icon
index
symbol
definition theory
problems of definition theory
circularity
encyclopedic knowledge
context
metalanguage
cognitive grammar
generative grammar
lexicon
compositional
reference
sense
utterance
sentence
PROPOSITION
literal meaning
non literal meaning
sentence meaning
speakers meaning
13. Definition
Theory
To give the meaning of
linguistics expression we
shoul establish definitions of
the meaning of words.
14. Problem of
definition
theory
1. Circularity : how can we state
the meaning of a word except
in other words either in same
or different language?
→Circularity in semantics is an issue that
occurs when trying to define a word. In order to
understand a definition of a word or term, you
must understand all of the words in the definition
and you must understand all of the words in their
definitions.