CHAPTER 1 SEMANTICS

the meaning of a complex expression is determined by the lexical meanings of its components, their grammatical meanings and the syntactic

• Principle of compositionality

• Lexical semantics

• Lexical meanings

• locutionary

is the investigation of expression meanings stored in the mental lexicon.     

• locutionary

• Lexical semantics

• utterance meaning

• Lexical semantics

the meanings which stored in our minds

• Lexical meanings

• compositional meaning

• illocutionary

• composition

the meaning of utterance as a communicative act in a given social setting.  

• communicative meaning

• compositional meaning

• compositional meaning

• utterance meaning

The process by which we calculate the meaning of a sentence.

• compositional meaning

• composition

• speech act

• communicative

A theory that addresses the level of interpretation.

• illocutionary

• composition

• compositional meaning

• speech act

 the basic literal meaning conveyed through words and structures.

• illocutionary

• composition

• utterance meaning

• speech act

act of the utterance “Tidy your room.” is a request. 

• utterance meaning

• communicative

• locutionary

• illocutionary

The meaning resulted from the process by which we calculate the meaning of a sentence.

• Lexical meanings

• compositional meaning

• communicative meaning

• utterance meaning

The meaning of an expression when used in a given context of utterance resulting from fixing reference. 

• utterance meaning

• compositional meaning

• communicative meaning

• lexial meaning