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Semantic As Sign System

1. The document discusses several theories of signs and meaning in language. It defines signs using models by Saussure and Morris that view a sign as consisting of a signifier and signified. 2. It also summarizes theories of meaning, including referential, mentalistic, behaviorist, meaning-is-use, verificationist, and truth-conditional theories. 3. Additionally, it distinguishes between sentence meaning, related to grammatical and lexical features, and utterance meaning, which incorporates contextual aspects.

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Semantic As Sign System

1. The document discusses several theories of signs and meaning in language. It defines signs using models by Saussure and Morris that view a sign as consisting of a signifier and signified. 2. It also summarizes theories of meaning, including referential, mentalistic, behaviorist, meaning-is-use, verificationist, and truth-conditional theories. 3. Additionally, it distinguishes between sentence meaning, related to grammatical and lexical features, and utterance meaning, which incorporates contextual aspects.

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Sign System

Ferdinand de Saussure (1916:99 in Palmer 1981:5)


Signifier symbol
Sign = ------------- = ------------
Signified acoustic image

Charles Morris

Signal object being signed


Sign = --------- = ---------------------------
Symbol interpretasion of signal
Sign System
Charles Morris:
The study of sign is called semiotics / semiology

Palmer (1981:2)
Language is a semiotic system and communication
system representing message (proposition) and
sign. Sign in language is represented by sound /
written linguistic symbol
Surga di telapak
kaki ibu (signifier)

Melihat kaki Ibu


utk melihat
surga (signified)
Damai Itu Rp.
20.000 (signifier)
Urusan beres Jika
sudah Bayar Rp.
20.000
(Signified)
? (signifier)
? (signified)
The study of Meaning

Sign

Syntax Semantics Pragmatics


Syntax; the arrangement of linguistic forms into well
organised construction
Semantics; the relationship of linguistic forms and
entity of the worlds regardless the user.
Pragmatics; the relationship of linguistic forms and the
users.
Theories of Meaning

There are several distingusable theories of Meaning:


1. The Referential or Denotational Theory
The meaning of an expression is what it refers to or
denote
2. The Ideational or Mentalistic Theory
The meaning of an expression is the idea or concept,
associated with it in the mind of anyone who knows
and understans the expression, la parole and la langue
3. The Behaviorist Theory
The meaning of an expression is either the stimulus
that evokes it or the response that it evokes, or a
combination of both, on particular occasion
Theories of Meaning

4. The Meaning-is-Use Theory


The meaning of an expression is determined by, if not
identical with, its use in the language
5. The Verificationist Theory
The meaning of an expression, if it has one, is
determined by the verifiability of the sentences, or
propositions, containing it
6. The Truth-Conditional Theory
The meaning of an expression is its contribution to the
truth-condition of the sentences containing it (c.f John
Lyons, 1995:40)
Theories of Meaning
Lyons (1995) tried to propose useful distinction of
meaning in terms of SENTENCE MEANING and
UTTERANCE MEANING
Sentence Meaning
Meaning which is directly related to the grammatical
and lexical features of a sentence.
Utterance Meaning
Meaning which includes all secondary aspects of
meanings, especially those related to context

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