Semantics Final. Assignment

8/13/2019 Semantics Final. Assignment.

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VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY, HANOI

UNIVERSITY OF LANGUAGES AND INTERNATIONAL STUDIES

FACULTY OF POST-GRADUATE STUDIES

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FINAL ASSIGNMENT

Subject: Semantic

Aspects of meaning in language and implications for

vocabulary lessons

Lectu!e!: D!" T!#n T$% T$u &i'n

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INTRODUCTION

Mastering vocab!ar" is ver" i#$ortant %or t&e st'ents (&o !earn

Eng!is& as a %oreign !angage) T&at is (&" ever"bo'" (&o !earns Eng!is& or a

certain !angage s&o!' *no( t&e (or's) T&e #aster" o% vocab!ar" can

s$$ort t&e# in s$ea*ing (&en t&e" are co##nicating to $eo$!e can (rite

an' trans!ate t&e #eaning o% (or's (&en t&e" 'e%inite Eng!is&) T&ere%ore,

teac&ing vocab!ar" to st'ents $!a"s an n'eniab!" i#$ortant ro!e in %oreign

!angage ac+isition) Se#antics, t&e st'" o% #eaning in !angage

Ng"-n H.a, /0012, &as contribtions in t&at ro!e) In t&is assign#ent, I

(o!' !i*e to, %irst 'iscss so#e as$ects o% #eaning in !angage an' t&en

so#e $ossib!e i#$!ications %or vocab!ar" !essons)

DE>ELOPMENT

2" (ac?+!5un@

3ot& !ingists an' !angage teac&ers agree t&at t(o vita! as$ects o%

!angage are %or# an' #eaning) It #ig&t be o% arg#ent t&at one can !earn

#c& abot a teac&er4s #et&o'o!og" b" !oo*ing into t&e (a" in (&ic&

t&ese as$ects are rea!i5e' in &is or &er c!asses) 6it& in a co##nicative

%ra#e(or*, #eaning is o% to$ i#$ortance in co##nication (&i!e %or# is

!ess signi%icant) Ho(ever, in a gra##atica!!"7base' s"!!abs, %or# #a"

beco#e a %actor o% #ore $riorit" t&an #eaning)

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" Aect 5B meanin+ in 7an+ua+e

6e begin (it& a n#ber o% genera! $oints abot #eaning) First, t&ere

are !itera! an' non7!itera! #eaning) Ta*e t&e sentence 8It4s t(e!ve o4c!oc*

no(9, %or e:a#$!e) T&is #a" be t&e !itera! ans(er to t&e +estion, ;


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In anot&er e:a#$!e, s$$ose o&n &as t(o sons, 3i!! an' Henr"C one

ne$&e(, eteC an' one gran'son, Dave) 6&en (e re%er to o&n as sc&, t&ere

is no sense) o&n is t&e arbitrar" na#e given to t&e re%erent)


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e#otions) T&e (or' ;s#e!!4 sa!!" &as a negative connotation an'

'enotation> so#et&ing %or (&ic& t&e scent is n$!easant) I% (e c&ange t&e

conte:t b" a''ing ;'e!icios4, &o(ever, t&e #eaning o% t&e connotation an'

'enotation (i!! c&ange>4 T&at s#e!!s 'e!icios)4 T&ere%ore, it is obvios t&at

t&e #eaning o% (or's or $&rases (i!! c&ange 'e$en'ing on t&e conte:t)

ReBe!entia7< Lin+uitic an@ Em5tie meanin+

Se#antic #eaning is bi!t $ on t&e re!ations&i$ bet(een a sign or

s"#bo! an' its re%erent) ;Tab!e4 s"#bo!2 t&ere%ore #eans a $iece o% %rnitre

(it& a %!at to$ an' !egs4 re%erent2)

S"ntactic #eaning connects t&e s"#bo! to anot&er) In ;T&e tab!e is b!e4, t&e

ro!e o% ;tab!e4 as sbBect, ;is4 as verb an' ;b!e4 as co#$!e#ent)

rag#atic #eaning connects t&e s"#bo! to t&e be&avior o% $eo$!e (&en

t&e" se or ;re$!"4 to t&e#se!ves)

=" Im7icati5n B5! En+7i$ 7an+ua+e teac$in+"

So %ar, (e &ave consi'ere' so#e basic as$ects o% #eaning) 6e (o!'

!i*e to $ro$ose so#e i#$!ications o% teac&ing t&e se#antics o% (or's an'

$&rases)

T&e %irst i#$!ication is t&at #eaning is conte:t7s$eci%icC vocab!ar"

!ists #a" be &e!$%!, bt ins%%icient) 6or's an' $&rases #a" &ave #an"

#eanings, an' t&is nee's to be co##nicate' to bot& teac&ers an' st'ents)

As (e!!, teac&ers a!so nee' to 'eve!o$ in st'ents t&e abi!it" to ana!"se

as$ects o% #eaning, not Bst b" teac&ing goo' 'ictionar" s*i!!s bt a!so b"

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giving st'ents t&e abi!it" to !oo* %or as$ects o% #eaning in rea'ing or

!istening $assages an' to in%er $ossib!e #eanings t&e" #a" ot&er(ise #iss) In

t&e sa#e sense, vocab!ar" #st a!(a"s be tag&t in conte:t)

Secon', t&ere is #c&, bot& (it&in an' across !e:ica! %ie!'s in 'i%%erent

!angages, t&at (e can bi!' $on) 6e t&s nee' to teac& si#i!arities an'

'i%%erences o% vocab!ar" (e s&are in co##on (it& st'ent4s %irst !angage)

St'ents s&o!' a!so !earn to recogni5e ;%a!se %rien's4, (or's t&at &ave

si#i!ar %or# bt 'i%%erent , o%ten o$$osite, #eanings in 'i%%erent !angages)

CONCLUSION

In conc!sion, (e &ave 'iscsse' so#e as$ects o% #eaning an'

i#$!ications %or vocab!ar" !essons) It is n'eniab!" necessar" %or teac&ers to

$a" s$ecia! attention at conte:t (&en teac&ing vocab!ar")

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