The close relationship between semantics and pragmatics has made it difficult to set a clear boundary between them.Dicussion of the relationship can date back to Morris, whose semiotic trichotomy was taken up by Carna...The close relationship between semantics and pragmatics has made it difficult to set a clear boundary between them.Dicussion of the relationship can date back to Morris, whose semiotic trichotomy was taken up by Carnap. Leech, Levinson, Bach and Huang also tried to make a distinction between the two, but no consensus has been reached.展开更多
This article is a tentative study of the relationship between semantics and pagmatics through a detailed analysis of Leech’s classical questions about the meaning of X. It makes a discrimination of the different aspe...This article is a tentative study of the relationship between semantics and pagmatics through a detailed analysis of Leech’s classical questions about the meaning of X. It makes a discrimination of the different aspects of meaning that the two branches of linguistics focus upon respectively. Both semantics and pragmatics are studies of the meanings of language. Semantics studies the meaning within the system of language while pragmatics studies the meaning with the speaker involved, that is to say from the social angle. Pragmatics is based on the knowledge of semantics. Given the fact that neither semantics nor pragmatics alone can solve the myth of the meaning of language, it may not be wise to make a clear cut between semantics and pragmatics.\;展开更多
This thesis concentrates on analyzing the impacts of pragmatics on English teaching by application of the theories of se mantics and pragmatics.It attempts to probe into the profound relationship between pragmatics an...This thesis concentrates on analyzing the impacts of pragmatics on English teaching by application of the theories of se mantics and pragmatics.It attempts to probe into the profound relationship between pragmatics and grammar,pragmatics and se mantics,pragmatics and cognition in order to find out the proper methods on language teaching.展开更多
As a relatively young discipline, the boundaries of pragmatics remain obscure, and readers may be frequently confused as to how to differentiate it from other related subjects. A discussion of the relations of pragmat...As a relatively young discipline, the boundaries of pragmatics remain obscure, and readers may be frequently confused as to how to differentiate it from other related subjects. A discussion of the relations of pragmatics with other linguistic fields can help us better understand the nature, the objective, and the scope of this realm of linguistic inquiry.展开更多
Presupposition is widely studied in the field of linguistics nowadays while it was firstly put forward in philosophy.Early study ex amined it from semantic approach,which treated it as the relation between two proposi...Presupposition is widely studied in the field of linguistics nowadays while it was firstly put forward in philosophy.Early study ex amined it from semantic approach,which treated it as the relation between two propositions.In 1970s,it was found presupposition was also a pragmatic concept,which held that presupposition varied with context.The author holds that semantic approach can't solve all the com plex problems while it's the basic part about the issue.Only through the pragmatic approach can we study it dynamically.展开更多
The paper examines some doctrines of the Davidsonian Programme of truth conditional Semantics that relates truth to meaning using Tarski’s T-Convention,in relation to its efficacy in a semantic valuation of the EkeGu...The paper examines some doctrines of the Davidsonian Programme of truth conditional Semantics that relates truth to meaning using Tarski’s T-Convention,in relation to its efficacy in a semantic valuation of the EkeGusii proverb:Nda’indongi ereta morogi ereta moibi which exemplifies a kind of complex sentence that a given system of Semantics is meant to account for.The coverage of Davidsonian truth-conditional notion of T-convention and that of compositionality are considered to have only a partial reach in accounting for the meaning of the proverb by not incorporating pragmatic aspects.The failure of T-convention is not alleviated by the adoption of radical interpretation as posited by Davidson but is extended to consider aspects of pragmatic enrichment and dynamic Semantics.展开更多
The Minister’s Black Veil is one of the most classic short stories written by American romantic writer Nathaniel Hawthorne(1804-1864),From the perspective of literary pragmatics,this paper analyzes the language featu...The Minister’s Black Veil is one of the most classic short stories written by American romantic writer Nathaniel Hawthorne(1804-1864),From the perspective of literary pragmatics,this paper analyzes the language features of the novel,such as words and sentences,grammar,semantic ambiguity,rhetoric and conversational implicature based on cooperative principle,so as to explore the superb writing style and literary art of the novel,better understand and appreciate this literary work,and provide a new perspective and reference for the study of British and American literature Direction.展开更多
This paper clarifies the composition of meaning in the art of Chinese calligraphy on the basis of American semiotician Charles Morris’s three divisions of sign,namely,“Syntactics,Semantics,Pragmatics”.The syntactic...This paper clarifies the composition of meaning in the art of Chinese calligraphy on the basis of American semiotician Charles Morris’s three divisions of sign,namely,“Syntactics,Semantics,Pragmatics”.The syntactical dimension of Chinese calligraphy sign is the artistic meaning of the form of Chinese character.“Semantical dimension”refers to semantic referents of linguistic signs and their literary significance,“pragmatical dimension”refers to the use and interpretation of calligraphy.The study of the three dimensions of meaning in Chinese calligraphy reveals a complex and unique composition of sign meaning.Chinese calligraphy deforms the structure and form of Chinese characters while retaining their semantic invariance.In this way,calligraphy acquires more practical semantic and symbolic meanings through the carrier of Chinese characters which are also linguistic symbols at the same time.Chinese calligraphy is dominated by the meaning of sign forms,taking into account the linguistic reference and the use of sign,and the three dimensions of meaning interact and promote each other,building a dynamic and multidimensional space of sign meaning.展开更多
文摘The close relationship between semantics and pragmatics has made it difficult to set a clear boundary between them.Dicussion of the relationship can date back to Morris, whose semiotic trichotomy was taken up by Carnap. Leech, Levinson, Bach and Huang also tried to make a distinction between the two, but no consensus has been reached.
文摘This article is a tentative study of the relationship between semantics and pagmatics through a detailed analysis of Leech’s classical questions about the meaning of X. It makes a discrimination of the different aspects of meaning that the two branches of linguistics focus upon respectively. Both semantics and pragmatics are studies of the meanings of language. Semantics studies the meaning within the system of language while pragmatics studies the meaning with the speaker involved, that is to say from the social angle. Pragmatics is based on the knowledge of semantics. Given the fact that neither semantics nor pragmatics alone can solve the myth of the meaning of language, it may not be wise to make a clear cut between semantics and pragmatics.\;
文摘This thesis concentrates on analyzing the impacts of pragmatics on English teaching by application of the theories of se mantics and pragmatics.It attempts to probe into the profound relationship between pragmatics and grammar,pragmatics and se mantics,pragmatics and cognition in order to find out the proper methods on language teaching.
文摘As a relatively young discipline, the boundaries of pragmatics remain obscure, and readers may be frequently confused as to how to differentiate it from other related subjects. A discussion of the relations of pragmatics with other linguistic fields can help us better understand the nature, the objective, and the scope of this realm of linguistic inquiry.
文摘Presupposition is widely studied in the field of linguistics nowadays while it was firstly put forward in philosophy.Early study ex amined it from semantic approach,which treated it as the relation between two propositions.In 1970s,it was found presupposition was also a pragmatic concept,which held that presupposition varied with context.The author holds that semantic approach can't solve all the com plex problems while it's the basic part about the issue.Only through the pragmatic approach can we study it dynamically.
文摘The paper examines some doctrines of the Davidsonian Programme of truth conditional Semantics that relates truth to meaning using Tarski’s T-Convention,in relation to its efficacy in a semantic valuation of the EkeGusii proverb:Nda’indongi ereta morogi ereta moibi which exemplifies a kind of complex sentence that a given system of Semantics is meant to account for.The coverage of Davidsonian truth-conditional notion of T-convention and that of compositionality are considered to have only a partial reach in accounting for the meaning of the proverb by not incorporating pragmatic aspects.The failure of T-convention is not alleviated by the adoption of radical interpretation as posited by Davidson but is extended to consider aspects of pragmatic enrichment and dynamic Semantics.
文摘The Minister’s Black Veil is one of the most classic short stories written by American romantic writer Nathaniel Hawthorne(1804-1864),From the perspective of literary pragmatics,this paper analyzes the language features of the novel,such as words and sentences,grammar,semantic ambiguity,rhetoric and conversational implicature based on cooperative principle,so as to explore the superb writing style and literary art of the novel,better understand and appreciate this literary work,and provide a new perspective and reference for the study of British and American literature Direction.
基金Sichuan Philosophy and Social Science Foundation Post-Funded Project“Semiotic Interpretation of Chinese Calligraphic Art in the Late Ming Dynasty”(SCJJ23HQ57).
文摘This paper clarifies the composition of meaning in the art of Chinese calligraphy on the basis of American semiotician Charles Morris’s three divisions of sign,namely,“Syntactics,Semantics,Pragmatics”.The syntactical dimension of Chinese calligraphy sign is the artistic meaning of the form of Chinese character.“Semantical dimension”refers to semantic referents of linguistic signs and their literary significance,“pragmatical dimension”refers to the use and interpretation of calligraphy.The study of the three dimensions of meaning in Chinese calligraphy reveals a complex and unique composition of sign meaning.Chinese calligraphy deforms the structure and form of Chinese characters while retaining their semantic invariance.In this way,calligraphy acquires more practical semantic and symbolic meanings through the carrier of Chinese characters which are also linguistic symbols at the same time.Chinese calligraphy is dominated by the meaning of sign forms,taking into account the linguistic reference and the use of sign,and the three dimensions of meaning interact and promote each other,building a dynamic and multidimensional space of sign meaning.
