PPT-The meaning of Language

Chapter 5 Semantics and Pragmatics Week10 Nov19 th 23 rd This is only a summary   Reviewing the Tree diagram Sentences Hierarchical Organization   2 What do you know about meaning when you know a language. Ranulph Glanville Centre for New Media Research University of Portsmouth Lion Gate Building Lion Terrace Portsmouth PO1 3HF United Kingdom tel 44 1705 842167 fax 44 1705 842077 email glanvillercvportacuk Abstract In this essay communication is consi The Syntax and Semantics of PL. Languages in General. All languages have a set of symbols, rules for constructing compound constructions out of atomic constructions, and meanings assigned to the significant units.. . . Examples:. . . . Explicate. Word. Meaning. Explicate. To explain in detail. Milieu. Environment or surroundings. Juxtapose. Place side by side. Ebb. To. weaken or become less. Prattle. Understanding Verbal Messages. Lesson Objectives. Slanguage. when to use & when to avoid. Basics of language. Language bias. Language effects on relationships. SLANGuage. Text, email, chat SHORTHAND. Founding. Dean Gordon Smith. BYU Law School. Why corpus linguistics?. The . s. earch for meaning in naturally . occurring speech and text. Why not just ask . people?. The “Observer’s Paradox” tells us that data is not . Story #1 – Rope Burn. h. umiliation . hu. -mil-i-. ation. fringes . frin-ges. expectations ex-. pect. -a-. tions. coaxed coax-. ed. sincere sin-. cere. hesitating . hes. -i-ta-ting. Main Points. Reference and Denotation. Connotation. Sense Relation. Lexical and Grammatical Meanings. Morphemes. Homonymy and . Polysemy. Lexical Ambiguity. Sentence and Meaning. 1. . Reference and Denotation. Literary Devices. Figurative Language. Figures of Speech. A word or phrase that describes one thing in terms of another and is not mean to be understood as literally true. . Examples: metaphor, simile, hyperbole, personification, analogy, idiom, alliteration, onomatopoeia, etc. . . Ludwig Wittgenstein. Symbolic Nature of Language. Words are symbols:. Arbitrary. -no intrinsic connection to what they symbolize. Meanings change over time. Different meanings with same word in other culture. A writers tool. It helps the reader to visualize (see) what the writer is thinking. It puts a picture in the readers mind. Recognizing Figurative Language . The opposite of literal language is figurative language. Figurative language is language that means more than what it says on the surface. . Alliteration: Repetition of initial consonant sound.. “Peck of pickled peppers” . Adjective: alliterative . Anaphora: repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive clauses. . By building toward a climax, anaphora can create a strong emotional effect. . Matthew Brook O’Donnell Nick C. Ellis . mbod@umich.edu. . . ncellis. @umich.edu. . Presentation. University of Michigan Computer Science and Engineering and School of . Information. Workshop on Data, Text, Web, and Social Network Mining. guages spoken in Northern India, such as Hindi. Pali was first written down around 100 BCE in Sri Lanka by Buddhist monks to preserve the teachings of the Buddha. Pali used to be written in the Br ā glu. . glue, agglutinate, conglomerate. l. ump, bond, glue. Root. . Meaning . Examples. . g. rad, . gress. . s. tep, go. grade. , gradual, graduate, progress, graduated, egress . Root. .