Semasiology

Semasiology

Semasiology is a branch of lexicology, that is devoted to the study of meaning.

• Semasiology is a branch of lexicology, that is devoted to the study of meaning.

There are different approaches to the study of meaning:

• Referent approach
• Functional approach

Referent approach. The concept

• Referent approach. The concept

The sound form referent

The referential approach is a combination of 3 things:

1) The sound form is connected with our concept of the word which is denoted with the referent the actual word

2)The concept is a category of human cognition. The result of abstraction and generezation.

3) The meaning of the words are different in different languages.

( Ex: house – a building for human habitation.)

2. Functional approach.

2. Functional approach.

The functional approach maintains that the meaning of a linguistic meaning may be started only through it’s relation to other linguistic units.

According to this approach the meanings of the words to move and movement are different, because this word function speech differently.

Ex: to move can be followed noun (to move a chair)

movement (movement of a car; slow movement)

The same is true of the different meanings of one and the same word.

Ex: to take (to take the book; to take the tram)

Types of meaning

1.Grammatical meaning.

Grammatical meaning is defined as an expression in speech of relationship between words.