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UNDERSTANDING A MEME REFERENCE BY PERSONAL WORLD KNOWLEDGE
UNDERSTANDING A MEME REFERENCE BY FICTION KNOWLEDGE
UNDERSTANDING A MEME REFERENCE BY REAL EVENTS KNOWLEDGE
KREIDLER, C. W. Introducing English Semantics. London: Routledge, 1998.
HURFORD, J., HEASLEY, B. & SMITH, M. Semantics: a coursebook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.
UNDERSTANDING A MEME REFERENCE BY INTERNET VIRAL KNOWLEDGE
Reference
When we talk about Reference we are going
to establish a relationship between language
and something in the real World.
English Expression
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The Real Thing
Referring Expression
Whenever a speaker has a particular
individual in mind in order to refer, it’s going
to be a RE.
English Expression
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Particular Individual
