Semantics by Kreidler

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Semantics by Kreidler

Language and the individual

Phonology

The form

Speech sounds are organized

Syntax

Morphology

2-. The derivation

1-. The account

Are the classes of words

All type of comunication

The grammar contains 3 parts

3.- Description

2-. The knowledge

1.- Semantics

Its creatives and not restricted

All humans

Learn through imitation the actions of his society

Learn the language through

In the society in which it grows up

The nature of language

Key differences:

Animal communication

Is limited to:

Predefined messages.

Specific stimuli.

Human language

It's composed of:

Interchangeable units at two levels:

Phonemes

It allows to talk about:

Abstract concepts.

Future

Past

It's stimulus-free and creative.

All animals communicate.

But only humans have:

Without external stimuli.

Creative language.

The systematic study of meaning

Disciplines that study meaning:

Linguistics

Semantics:

It's the study of the meaning.

How meanings are expressed.

How language works.

Philosophy

How we know and relate facts.

Psychology

They explore how the mind:

Works with meaning.

Searches for meaning.

Communication depends on:

The interpretation of the message.

For this reason:

Different meanings of a poem or story.

Various interpretations of laws.

There are jokes with double meanings.

Universal interest in meaning.

Uncertainty in the interpretation of:

Messages

Words