Semantics: Interpreting signs
Revision and more information referring to syntax:
- In my opinion it is not necessary to copy and paste all the detailed information of the different categories and POS.
Please have a look at the slides for detailed information:
http://wwwhomes.uni-bielefeld.de/~gibbon/Classes/Classes2007WS/ITL/06b-IntroSyntax.pdf
Semantics: Interpreting signs
The term meaning:
- the term meaning is ambigious: we can split it into sense and reference
the expressions: venus, morning star, evening star, 2nd planet from earth all describe the same planet → reference is the same only the sense is different
the expressions: George Bush, butcher of Iraq, President of the United States of America all refer to the same man → depending on which term I use, the sense is different. (At least I hope so..)
Semantic sign types (C.S. Pierce)
• Index:
– a sign with a relationship of physical proximity with its meaning:
● place
● cause
● Icon:
– a sign with a relationship of similarity with its meaning
● visual similarity
● acoustic similarity
● maybe similarity in the other senses
● Symbol:
– a sign with an arbitrary relationship with its meaning
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