Some reflections on the lexical meaning

• Authors: Alina-Mihaela Bursuc
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of this article is to present some reflections on the problems and solutions concerning the lexical meaning determination. First, to determine the meaning of the words it is specified the status of conceptual layer in the semiotic triangle. According to the German linguist Jost Trier, it is emphasized that semantic changes concern not only the individual words but the whole lexical field to which they belong, and thus the entire vocabulary. Thus, the meaning of a word is a part of the language content and each language evaluates and organizes the reality according to its own laws. Some examples compare the organization of the language content in different languages. It is necessary to study the lexical meaning in relation with the language content.

Keywords

EN

lexical meaning; lexical field; semantic change; language content

• Publisher: Sciendo
• Journal: Human and Social Studies
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 1
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 95-106

Dates

published

2012-10-01

online

2012-11-09

Contributors

author

Alina-Mihaela Bursuc

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/v10317-012-0006-1