1. SEMANTICS:is the study of meaning
1.1. what is important
1.1.1. It is important because:
1.1.1.1. It is essential to the study of language acquisition
1.1.1.1.1. It is important for understanding language in social contexts
2. SEMANTICS ELEMENTS
2.1. • Symbol and referent
2.1.1. • Epistemology • Colour
2.1.1.1. • Words and lexemes
2.1.1.2. • Pragmatics
2.1.1.3. • Ambiguity
2.1.1.4. • Conceptions of meaning
2.1.1.5. • Metaphor, simile and symbol
2.1.1.6. • Semantic fields
2.1.1.7. • Semantic fields
2.1.1.8. • Synonym, antonym and hyponym
2.1.1.9. • Collocation, fixed expression and idiom
2.1.1.10. • Semantic change and etymology
2.1.1.11. • Polysemy
2.1.1.12. • Homonymy, homophones and homographs
2.1.1.13. • Lexicology and lexicography
2.1.1.14. • Thesauruses, libraries and Web portals
2.2. • Denotation, connotation, implication
3. Pragmatics and speech acts
3.1. Inadecuación de la representación lingüística de la realidad
3.2. WHAT IS PRAGMATICS?
3.2.1. s is all about the meanings between the lexis and the grammar and the phonology
3.2.1.1. WHAT DOES STUDY?
3.2.1.1.1. the factors that govern our choice of language in social interaction and the effects of our choice on others
4. What does pragmatics include?
4.1. Capaz de describirla
4.2. Speech act theory
4.2.1. Felicity conditions
4.2.1.1. Conversational implicature The cooperative principle Conversational maxims Relevance Politeness Phatic tokens Deixis
4.2.1.1.1. The cooperative principle
4.2.1.2. is referred to the effectiveness of speech acts use of the speaker
4.2.2. sincerity conditions
4.2.2.1. This means that you mean what you say, that both speaker and hearer take the utterance to be intentional, to accurately represent the wish of the speaker and the hearer's understanding that the utterance expresses that wish
5. Criticisms of pragmatics
5.1. It does not have a clear-cut focus Its principles are vague and fuzzy It is redundant -
5.2. In defending pragmatics I can say that:
5.2.1. The study of speech acts has illuminated social language interactions It covers things that semantics (hitherto) has overlooked It can help inform strategies for teaching language It has given new insights into understanding literature