Semantics and Style
In this paper the author is trying to define the notions of semantics and style more accurately, and to establish a connection between them even though at first glance they are incompatible. Semantics as the study of meaning in linguistic terms according to empirical research into the structure and...
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Uniwersytet Opolski
2008-12-01
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| Online Access: | https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/s/article/view/3609 |
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| author | Milosav Ž. Ćarkić |
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| description | In this paper the author is trying to define the notions of semantics and style more accurately, and to establish a connection between them even though at first glance they are incompatible. Semantics as the study of meaning in linguistic terms according to empirical research into the structure and function of signs in natural languages reveals relations between them and the concepts they designate. Thus, in the context of structure, it explores lexical meaning, grammatical meaning, sentential meaning, and with respect to function descriptive meaning and associative meaning. Associative meaning covers several related types of meaning, dominated by the following three: stylistic, expressive and connota- tive. On this semantic plane style and semantics intersect, and partially overlap. Thus style, as the main generator of these three types of meaning, is directly correlated with semantics. Style and semantics are in a causal relationship: style is the cause (the generator of meaning), semantics the effect (the interpreter of meaning). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-47d8189139774c1aafbedef361c3631d2022-12-22T03:19:33ZengUniwersytet OpolskiStylistyka1230-22872545-16692008-12-01175163133Semantics and StyleMilosav Ž. ĆarkićIn this paper the author is trying to define the notions of semantics and style more accurately, and to establish a connection between them even though at first glance they are incompatible. Semantics as the study of meaning in linguistic terms according to empirical research into the structure and function of signs in natural languages reveals relations between them and the concepts they designate. Thus, in the context of structure, it explores lexical meaning, grammatical meaning, sentential meaning, and with respect to function descriptive meaning and associative meaning. Associative meaning covers several related types of meaning, dominated by the following three: stylistic, expressive and connota- tive. On this semantic plane style and semantics intersect, and partially overlap. Thus style, as the main generator of these three types of meaning, is directly correlated with semantics. Style and semantics are in a causal relationship: style is the cause (the generator of meaning), semantics the effect (the interpreter of meaning).https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/s/article/view/3609semanticsstylelexical meaninggrammatical meaningsentential meaningdescriptive meaningassociative meaning (stylistic, expressive and connotative)letaral meaningfigurative meaning (metaphoric, metonymic)intended meaninginterpreted meaning |
| spellingShingle | Milosav Ž. Ćarkić Semantics and Style Stylistyka semantics style lexical meaning grammatical meaning sentential meaning descriptive meaning associative meaning (stylistic, expressive and connotative) letaral meaning figurative meaning (metaphoric, metonymic) intended meaning interpreted meaning |
| title | Semantics and Style |
| title_full | Semantics and Style |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Semantics and Style |
| title_short | Semantics and Style |
| title_sort | semantics and style |
| topic | semantics style lexical meaning grammatical meaning sentential meaning descriptive meaning associative meaning (stylistic, expressive and connotative) letaral meaning figurative meaning (metaphoric, metonymic) intended meaning interpreted meaning |
| url | https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/s/article/view/3609 |
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