What is Semantics and types of Meaning slide in simple words with Excellent Examples

2. Group Members
1.M. Shouban Jatoi Roll no:o14
2.Ab Samad khoso Roll no:o64
3.M Ameen Roll no:oo6
4.Ayaz Ali Rind Roll no:110

3. 1st member
Ayaz Ali Rind

4. Meaning
• Meaning gives proper
shape to language.
• Meaning gives concept to
language.
• Without meaning
language is meaning less.

5. Types of Meaning
• Geofferey Leech (1974) break down
meaning into seven types.
1.Conceptual meaning
2.Connotative meaning
3.Effective meaning
4.Collactive meaning
5.Thematic meaning
6.Social meaning
7.Reflected meaning

6. Reflected Meaning
• What is communicated through
association with an other sense of
same expression.
• It refers to terms which have more than
one meaning surfaces at the same time
so that kind of of ambiguity.
• EX:The comedian use reflected
meaning in their jokes its an example of
world play.The joke is usually correct
for the situation but that will elicit a
different often opposite image in the
mind of the listner.

7. 2nd Member
M.Shoubn Jatoi

8. Conceptual meaning
• Conceptual meaning is also called
logical or cognitive meaning.
• Those meaning which we already know
about.
• Example; boy ,computer ,lion ,apple
ctc.

9. Social meaning
• Those words which we use to start for
social communication for social
relation.
• Ex ;
• Asslam-Alikum
• Hi,
• Hey,
• Hellow,
• How are you?

10. 3RD member
Ab Samad Khoso
3RD Member
Ab Samad Khoso

11. Effective meaning
• It shows emotion feelings .
• Those words which creats emotion on
listener .
• Ex:The word ‘’Mother’’......... if any one
has mother died and when some one
speak about mother word due to that
person become sad and emotive.

12. Collective Meaning
• Word-meaning same but usage is
different.
• Means particular words use with
particular words sentence.
• Pretty use for girls and Handsome use
for boy.
• Drown .. Use for living thing
• Sink .. Use for non living thing.

13. 4th Member
Ameen Brohi

14. Thematic Meaning
• It consern with it self with how the
order of words spoken effects the
meaning.
• In this we rearage the sentance
meaning remain same but little bit
change oucrs.
• Ex :
• I will do it tommrow (in natural way)
• Tommrow,i will do it (showing promise

15. Connotative meaning
• It represent figurative meaning usualy
poets use this type of meaning in their
poetry.
• It gives confused meaning.
• It gives different meaning.
• Ex :
• I go to bank

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