SEMINAR 2. Questions for Discussion

 

 

Questions for Discussion

 

1. What is the significance of semasiology?

2. What are the three main trends in defining meaning?

3. What is the essence of the referential (or analytical) approach to meaning?

4. In what relation does meaning stand (1) to the sound-form, (2) to the concept and (3) to the referent?

5. How is meaning defined on the functional (or contextual) basis?

6. What is meant by „the distribution of the word‟?

7. What does the term „context‟ mean?

8. What is the essence of the operational (or information-oriented) approach to

defining meaning?

9. What is the difference between „meaning‟ and 'sense'?

10. What is the difference between the semasiological and onomasiological approach to linguistic phenomena?

11. What are the main stages of the process of naming?

12. What factors influence the formation of the concept?

13. What types of meaning can be singled out?

14. What is meant by (1) the grammatical meaning, (2) the lexical meaning, (3) the part-of-speech meaning?

15. What aspects of lexical meaning can be singled out?

16. What is the denotational aspect of lexical meaning?

 

 

17. What is the connotational aspect of lexical meaning? What constituents may be distinguished in it?

18. What is the pragmatic aspect of lexical meaning? What constituents can be singled out in the pragmatic aspect of meaning?