Semantics and Pragmatics Review

Study of meaning in language.

• Morphology
• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The study of how context contributes to meaning in language.

• Morphology
• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Syntax

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The set of other words used in same phrase or sentence.

• Morphemes
• Phonemes
• Co-text
• Physical context

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

The time and place in which we encounter a linguistic expression.

• Physical context
• Co-text
• Semantic meaning
• Associative meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

It is an act by which a speaker (or writer) uses language to enable a listener (or reader) to identify something.

• Inference
• Speech act
• Presuposition
• Reference

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

It is an additional information used by the listeners to connect what is said to what must be meant.

• Inference
• Speech act
• Presuposition
• Reference

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.1

CCSS.RI.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The action performed by a speaker.

• Inference
• Speech act
• Presuposition
• Reference

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

An assumption made by the speaker or the writer.

• Inference
• Speech act
• Presuposition
• Reference

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Semantic meaning presented in dictionaries.

• Conceptual
• Speech act
• Presuposition
• Reference

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

Semantic meaning that involves or is arbitrary.

• Inference
• Conceptual
• Associative
• Reference

Tags

CCSS.L.3.5A

CCSS.RL.3.4