utterance, sentence, proposition
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Utterance, Sentence, Proposition. REVIEW. State true or false! Semantics is a part of Linguistics All meaning is conceptually acceptable for all people Meaning can be interpreted from the word, phrases, and / or signs. Signifier and Signified ( saussure’s Concept). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
UTTERANCE, SENTENCE, PROPOSITION 1 2 3
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REVIEW
State true or false!1.Semantics is a part of Linguistics
2.All meaning is conceptually acceptable for all people
3.Meaning can be interpreted from the word, phrases, and / or signs.
SIGNIFIER AND SIGNIFIED (SAUSSURE’S CONCEPT)
Signifier are the words, phrases, signs and symbols which need to be interpreted to grab the signified concept.
A context is determining the signified concept.
Look at these examples:1. A thief comes to the cashier and
says “open it! ”2. A husband gives something to his
wife and says “open it”
Questions :1.What is the signifier from the
example above?2.What are the signified concept from
the examples above?3.What element that determine the
signified concept ?
UTTERANCE…
An utterance is the use of any piece of language by a particular speaker on a particular situation.
It can be in the form of a sequence of sentences, a single clause, a single phrase, or just a single word.
Examples: Tina visits her niece and meets a new friend
Tina :”Hi” Toni was sweeping the floor when a hot frying
pan was fallen Toni: “Ouch”
SENTENCE
A sentence is a grammatically complete string of words expressing a (partial) complete thought.
A sentence can include words grouped meaningfully to express a statement, question, exclamation, request or command.
Example :
After cooking, mother speaks to father softly
Mother : “I am tired”
WHAT ABOUT PROPOSITION ?
It is an active declarative sentence either it s true or false.
e.g. The sun rises everyday.William Shakespeare died in
1945.
HOW TO IDENTIFY …
Look at the characteristics of the signifier.
Identify the type of the signifier Identify the signified concept based on
the context
LETS PRACTICE…
Open page 25 and do the exercises no 2, 3 and 4.
No. 2 Is semantics concerned only with complete sentences? Explain.
No. 3Indicate the conventions used in the text to distinguish a sentence from an utterance. Give an illustration of each.
No.4 Indicate whether each of the following
sentence pairs expresses the same or different propositions.
a. Mary read the book / The book was read by Mary
d. The chef cooked the meal / The chef had the meal cooked
e. Hondas are easy to fix / It’s easy to fix Hondas 9