Know the types of meaning in ssemantics

Group 2 :      Amry Muqtashid

                       Hifni Khotibul Umam

                       Elpasari Permata

Types Of Meaning

A.     Definition Of Meaning

Meaning is an inseparable part of semantics and is always attached to whatever we say. The meaning of meaning is very diverse. Ferdinand de Saussure revealed, as quoted by Abdul Chaer, meaning as an understanding or concept that is owned or contained in a linguistics sign.

                            

       B. Types Of Meaning

            There are several types of meaning, according to leech, types of meaning are connotative, conceptual, stylistic, affective, reflective, collocative, and thematic meaning.

1.  Connotative Is associative meaning, meaning arising from social attitudes, personal attitudes, and additional criteria imposed on the meaning of conceptual meanings.

For instance: washroom means washroom (denotative), but washroom means also toilet  (connotative)

2. Conceptual Meaning Namely the meaning that emphasize the logical meaning. Sometimes this meaning is called 'denotative' or 'cognitive' meaning. Although in fact there is possibility that there are differences in conceptual meanings in every language user, in this study it is assumed that conceptual meanings are meanings written in a dictionary.

For instance : Mother = a woman who has child or has someone.

3.  Affective is the meaning that reflects the personal feelings of the speaker, including his attitude towards the listener, or his attitude towords something he says.

Example: Come to our ' hut 'house

               Frase = hut     

Affective meaning = humble themeselve. That means those who say like this want  to  humble themeselve.

4. Reflective Meaning Is the meaning that arises in terms of multiple conceptual meanings, if an understanding of a word in its use automatically raises some of our responses to other meanings. This meaning is often also understood as a suggestion contained in a language usage. Multiple conceptual meaning For example, the literal, dictionary definition of the gay is happy or bright (colours)  though  in society use today it has a much different meaning.

5.  Collocative meaning refers to associations of a word because of its usual or habitual co-occurance with certain types of word. Pretty and handsome indicate good looking.

6. Thematic Meaning Is the latter type, namely the meaning that is communcated according to the way the speaker or writter organizes his message, in the sense of sequence, focus and emphasis. Notice the subtle difference in emphasis between these sentence:

      a.       My studies are important to me.

      b.      What’s important to me are my studies.

      A writer or speaker can imbue emphasis by how he or she ends a sentence or paraghraph.

7.  Stylistic meaning Is the meaning of a word that indicates the users social environment. The existence of several uttarances or words as dialects, shows the origin of speakers according to geographical or social environment. This meaning also shows something about the social relationship between the speaker and the listener.

      Example :

      1. Stylistic comparison : - Doing what is most hated is like swallowing a torn

      2. Stylistic repetition : - I will wait for you even for hours, days, months or years

   - Goodby my beloved, goodby my adoration, goodby my idol, may you calm    down by his side.

     3. Stylistic conflict : - So neat your writing, until i am confused about where to  start reading.  

                                       - This room is very clean, no items are arranged properly.