This document provides an overview of semantics and the components of language. It defines semantics as the study of meaning in language, including the meaning of words, phrases, and sentences. It also lists some of the main components of language as phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and orthography. Additionally, it summarizes John Locke's 17th century theory of semantics, which held that linguistic meaning is mental and involves encoding and decoding ideas through words.

1. Tutorial 1
Clare Daniel
Hung Pei Ling
Nithia Rubnee
Puvanasutha
Ras Ameliya

2. 
Speakermeaning
Sentence(word)meaning
Semantics
*Semantics is the
study of the
meaning of
linguistic
expressions.
*The study of the
meaning of
morphemes, words,
phrases and
sentences.
*The set of rules by
which we derive
meaning from
morphemes, words,
and sentences in a
given language;
also, the study of
MEANING.
The
conventional,
literal
meaning (or
meanings) of
a sentence.
Utterer’s
meaning,
when the
utterance is
linguistic and
spoken.

3. 
ComponentsofLanguage
Language
Linguistics
*Scientific study of
language in a
systematic way.
*The scientific study
of language and its
structure, including
the study of
grammar, syntax,
and phonetics.
*Specific branches
of linguistics
include
sociolinguistics,
dialectology,
psycholinguistics,
computational
linguistics,
comparative
linguistics, and
structural
linguistics.
A language
consists of
symbols that
convey meaning.
Language as a
system of
communication
using sounds or
symbols that
enables us to
express our
feelings,
thoughts, ideas,
and experiences.
Phonology :
Sounds and
sound
combination.
Morphology:
Word Structure
Syntax:
Sentence
Structure
Semantics:
Meaning
Pragmatics
Orthography
(spelling)

4. 
 The 17th-century British empiricist John Locke held
that linguistic meaning is mental: words are used to
encode and convey thoughts, or ideas. Successful
communication requires that the hearer correctly
decode the speaker’s words into their associated
ideas. So construed, the meaning of an expression,
according to Locke, is the idea associated with it in
the mind of anyone who knows and understands
that expression.
Theory of Semantics.