Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Semantics


What is the meaning of the expression "They should have done..."?
What does the word pedantic mean?
How do you think this comic strip is related to semantics?

Welcome to this module related to Semantics, after you discuss the previous questions with your classmates, start to do the following instructions:


Create a post with the title Semantics.  Carry out each of the following activities and number them in your blog:

1.  Read all the instructions before you do anything.

2.  Create a definition of semantics based on the concepts discussed in class related to the Epistemological universe of ELT.

3.  Find 20 meanings of the word Semantics, and make a an essay where you state the different meanings of the word in a 500 word document.

4.  Create a a google document where you define which are the main relationships between the semantic analysis of a word and the morphological meaning of a sentence.

5.  If you have read up to here, and thought that this task is absolutely ridiculous, you are absolutely right. That is why you must only do the following two activities.  Be sure to number point six as one and point seven as two in your blog.

6.  Define Semantics in linguistics (Don't forget to quote authors and also to use your voice).

7.  Find the meaning of the following word taking into account the relationship with linguistic semantics.  After you write the meaning, write in your own perceptions how is the word related to semantics.

MEANING, CONCEPT, REFERENT, GRAMMATICAL MEANING, LEXICAL MEANING, DENOTATIVE, CONNOTATIVE, METAPHOR, POLYSEMY, CONTEXT.

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