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Word Meaning
Word meaning in dictionary is different with word meaning in semantics.
Word meaning in dictionary describes the senses of predicates while word meaning in
semantics is describes about the sense relation between predicates.
The meaning of a word consists of word specifics properties plus the properties of the
associated concept
Meaning postulates = propositon
a meaning postulate is the notion that lexical items (words) can be defined in terms of
relations with other lexical items
Example : bachelor = unmarried male
Any of the logical connectives &, V, and ~ can be used in meaning postulates to
express the various sense relations that occur in language
Literal meaning means that every person who has the same ideas, characteristics,
structure on a certain word
1. The speaker and listener will be free from the result of the statement
4. Seperti bergantung pada akar lapuk mengharapkan bantuan pada orang yang tak
punya kuasa
5. Jangan lekas percaya kabar angin jangan percaya kabar yang belum pasti.
If metaphor can create fuzziness in language what is the important of metaphor in any
field of study?