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CONCEPTUAL & ASSOCIATIVEMEANING

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Idha NurhamidahSaidatun Nafisah

Kharisma Puspita S.

MASTERS PROGRAM IN LINGUISTICS

DIPONEGORO UNIVERSITY

2011


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Semantics is a study of the meaning of

lexical items and other parts of language.

According to Leech (1974), there are seven

types of meaning in Semantics.

WHAT ARE THEY..?


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MEANINGS

7 types of meaning according to Geoffrey Leech:

Conceptual Meaning

Connotative Meaning

Social MeaningAffective Meaning

Reflective Meaning

Collocative Meaning

Thematic Meaning


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This study focuses on only two of the typesof meaning:

CONCEPTUAL MEANING

&

CONNOTATIVE MEANING


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CONCEPTUAL MEANING

Conceptual meaning is the literal meaning ofthe word indicating the idea or concept towhich it refers. This refers to the definition

given in the dictionary.

It is also called "denotative or lexical

meaning.


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ASSOCIATIVE MEANING

The words meaning that is still related toother words.

In other words, it is the meaning of wordsthat has connection to the relationship ofword with condition beyond the language.


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CONNOTATIVE MEANING

Connotative meaning refers to what iscommunicated by virtue of what languagerefers to (Leech 1974:14).

In other words, it is the meaning above theconceptual meaning and it may vary

according to culture, background or society.


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Example:

In Indonesian, the word violet may havethe connotation widowhood, apart from itsreferential meaning.

cicak and buaya


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SOCIAL MEANING

Social (stylistic) meaning refers to what iscommunicated of the social circumtances oflanguage use.

This meaning relates to the socialcircumstance of the speakers culture.

Example:

Residence is formal and home is casual.

Lecturer teaches at collage, teacher teaches atschool


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AFFECTIVE MEANING

Affective meaning refers to what iscommunicated of feelings and attitudes ofthe speaker /writer.

It reflects the personal feelings of thespeaker or writer including his attitude to the

listener or his attitude to something that isuttered.


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REFLECTED MEANING

Reflected meaning refers to what iscommunicated through association withanother sense of the same expression.


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COLLOCATIVE MEANING

Collocative meaning is what iscommunicated through association withword tends to occur in the environment ofanother word (Leech 1974:20).


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Example:

Both pretty and handsome mean good-looking but they differ in collocative

meaning. Pretty often co-occurs with girl,woman, flower, skirt, etc. Handsome oftencollocates with boy, man, car, overcoat, etc.


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CONCLUSION

Language as a mean of communication toothers may refer to things beyond it. It is dueto it is associated with many aspects. It

differs from the original concept.There are terms of conceptual andassociative meaning

Associative meaning involves widerparticipant than conceptual meaning.

REFERENCES


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Chaer, Abdul. 1990. Semantik, Pengantar Studi Tentang Makna.

Malang: IKIP Malang.Hamdan, Ely. 2010. Semantik Bahasa Indonesia.http://elyhamdan.wordpress.com/2010/04/16/semantik-bahasa-ind. (Accessed on September 20, 2011).

Kearns, Kate. 2000. Modern Linguistics Semantics. New York:ST. Martins Press LLC.

Leech, Geoffrey. 1974. Semantics. Great Britain: Hazell Watson& Viney Ltd.

Sartika, Itha. 2011. Jenis-Jenis Makna Menurut Abdul Chaer.

http://ithasartika91.blogspot.com/2011/02/jenis-jenis-makna-menur. (Accessed on September 20, 2011).
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