Semantics week 1 (Friday) by Minh Tam Nguyen Thi https://padlet.com/minhtambb/Bookmarks Share what you can read from the handouts en-us 2021-08-23 23:23:23 UTC 2021-12-31 04:53:48 UTC hello@padlet.com The theories of meaning minhtambb https://padlet.com/minhtambb/Bookmarks/wish/1965000764 Please read and summarize the main ideas of what these theories are about.
(a). The referential theory - GROUP 1
(b). The ideational/mentalist theory - GROUP 2
(c). The behaviourist theory - GROUP 3
(d). The meaning-is-use theory - GROUP 4
(e). The verificationist theory - GROUP 5
(f). The truth-conditions theory - GROUP 6
]]> 2021-12-27 04:40:09 UTC https://padlet.com/minhtambb/Bookmarks/wish/1965000764 The referential theory https://padlet.com/minhtambb/Bookmarks/wish/1969443649 Meaning of an expression
relationship- word- object
one of the simplest and most dominant theories
Focuses primarily on nouns
Not many words belong to this theory]]> 2021-12-31 04:48:27 UTC https://padlet.com/minhtambb/Bookmarks/wish/1969443649 Group 4: The meaning is use theory. https://padlet.com/minhtambb/Bookmarks/wish/1969444459 - The meaning of an expression is determined
by, if not identical with, its use in the
language.
- Meaning of a words lies in its use.
- Saying is doing.]]> 2021-12-31 04:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/minhtambb/Bookmarks/wish/1969444459 GROUP 3 - The behaviourist theory huongchip11112001 https://padlet.com/minhtambb/Bookmarks/wish/1969444691 - Def: 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 occasions of utterance
- over-simplified
- problem: only works for statements that apply to the immediate environment.]]> 2021-12-31 04:50:15 UTC https://padlet.com/minhtambb/Bookmarks/wish/1969444691 Group 2 - Mentalist Theory https://padlet.com/minhtambb/Bookmarks/wish/1969445674 - The 1st version: the idea or concept associated with it in the mind of anyone who knows and understands the expression
- Assumptions: 
+ Language - instrument for the communication of thought
+ Thought - succession of ideas in consciousness only accessible to the possessor
- The 2nd version: an indirect association between the symbol and referent]]> 2021-12-31 04:52:00 UTC https://padlet.com/minhtambb/Bookmarks/wish/1969445674