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CONCEPTUAL & ASSOCIATIVEMEANING
GROUP 1
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.
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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.
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