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MODULE 2 Meaning and discourse in English

MODULE 2 Meaning and discourse in English. INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Lecture 1. www.uniroma2.it/didattica/english1. Cliccate …. Elenco corsi Lingua Inglese 1 LLEM (Bowles) Deposito file Lettorato matricole.doc. Lingua Inglese 2. Modulo 2 A+B (Bowles) Use of English 2 - lettorato

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MODULE 2 Meaning and discourse in English

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  1. MODULE 2 Meaning and discourse in English INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW Lecture 1

  2. www.uniroma2.it/didattica/english1 Cliccate …. • Elenco corsi • Lingua Inglese 1 LLEM (Bowles) • Deposito file • Lettorato matricole.doc

  3. Lingua Inglese 2 • Modulo 2 A+B (Bowles) • Use of English 2 - lettorato • Writing 2 - Eade • Listening 2 - lettorato • Speaking 2 - lettorato

  4. Modulo 2 A+B • È necessario superare il modulo 2A+B per accedere a Lingua Inglese 3 • Non è necessario superare le 4 prove di lingua per accedere a Lingua Inglese 3

  5. Le 4 prove di lingua • Sono le ultime prove di lingua del triennio • Sono di livello europeo B2 • La preparazione è biennale • Fanno media con il modulo per il voto di Lingua Inglese 2

  6. “Good morning” • What does “good morning” mean? Good + morning?

  7. ‘I didn’t mean to hurt you’ • In this usage, meaning is connected to INTENTION. The speaker uses the word ‘mean’ to describe what he intended (or didn’t intend) to do.

  8. ‘those black clouds mean rain’ • In this usage, meaning has a signalling function.

  9. ‘dog’ means ‘cane’ • In this usage, meaning refers to the sense of words or sentences. LEXICAL SEMANTICS IS CONCERNED WITH THIS USAGE - THE CONVENTIONAL MEANING OF WORDS AND SENTENCES

  10. LIZZIE AND MR DARCY CONVERSATION • In this case we are concerned with meaning in use rather than the meaning of words and sentences in isolation. We will study this when we do discourse analysis.

  11. Words are not always single units of meaning MANY WORDS = ONE CONCEPT • to be caught red-handed ONE WORD = DIFFERENT CONCEPTS • charge (electrical) • charge (request for money) • charge (cavalry)

  12. It is sometimes hard to separate units of meaning …… because the meanings of words affect each other - collocation (lesson 3) • good morning = morning which is good ? • good singer = singer who is good? • heavy smoker = smoker who is heavy ? • criminal lawyer = lawyer who is criminal ?

  13. Transparent v. opaque

  14. Lexemes • A lexeme is a unit of lexical meaning which exists regardless of inflection or number of words • ‘love’ is a lexeme; ‘loved’ is a different lexeme; ‘red-handed’ is a lexeme • In lexical semantics it is better to refer to lexemes than to words

  15. Lexical semantics (LESSONS 2+3) We will be looking at: • Sense relations • Collocation

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