Meaning in Linguistics
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Conceptual meaning is the type of meaning that ______ are designed to describe.

dictionaries

Associative meaning is about different ______ or connotations different people might attach to a word.

associations

The basic conceptual meaning can be studied in terms of ______ as containers of meaning.

words

Features such as “, −animate,” “, −human,” “______, −female,” for example, can be treated as the basic elements.

<p>+animate, +human, +female</p> Signup and view all the answers

This approach gives us the ability to predict which nouns make a sentence ______ odd.

<p>semantically</p> Signup and view all the answers

For many words it will be very difficult to come up with neat ______ of meaning.

<p>features</p> Signup and view all the answers

In a sentence, the verb describes an action, and the two noun phrases describe the roles of ______ involved in the action.

<p>entities</p> Signup and view all the answers

A semantic role is also known as a ______ role.

<p>thematic</p> Signup and view all the answers

The horse kicked the ______.

<p>boy</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the sentence, 'The old man feels lonely', 'The old man' is the ______.

<p>experiencer</p> Signup and view all the answers

An ______ is a separate unit that is complete and has its own character.

<p>entity</p> Signup and view all the answers

The noun phrase 'poison' is being used in the semantic role of ______.

<p>instrument</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the sentence 'The thief stole the bag', 'The thief' takes one role as '______'.

<p>the agent</p> Signup and view all the answers

The same physical entity can appear in two different semantic roles in a sentence, e.g. 'The boy cut ______'.

<p>himself</p> Signup and view all the answers

Agents can be noun phrases denoting a ______ force.

<p>natural</p> Signup and view all the answers

Agents can be noun phrases denoting a ______ 'A taxi'.

<p>machine</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the sentence, 'The horse carried the bag', 'the bag' is the ______.

<p>theme</p> Signup and view all the answers

The entity that is involved in or affected by the action is called the ______.

<p>theme</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the description of an event, “where an entity is” fills the role of “______”.

<p>location</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the sentence “Brian comes from Scotland”, “from Scotland” is the “______”.

<p>source</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the sentence “Father drives to his office every day”, “to his office” is the “______”.

<p>goal</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the sentence “I saw her today at the club”, “at the club” is the “______”.

<p>location</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the sentence “They sent the murderer to prison”, “to prison” is the “______”.

<p>goal</p> Signup and view all the answers

In the sentence “I bought this shirt from Carrefour”, “from Carrefour” is the “______”.

<p>source</p> Signup and view all the answers

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