語彙 意味의 領域에 대한 考察

Abstract

Language is a means of communication. In linguistic expressions, a meaning can be expressed in a word as well as in several sentences. The linguistic informations do not define the meaning itself. The meaning in linguistic expression is a objective process of interpretation of meaning, an interpretation of the world by language users. The word, the smallest unit of meaning is a foundation in the domain of meaning. The central meaning of word is a referent, the deep meaning of which is extended in the context of language use. The extension of meaning results from transfer of common meaning. And the general structure of meaning is constructed in the complexity of analogical and opposing relations. The sentence is a linguistic form realized in the format of statement. The proverbs quoted in this study shows that they have organic structures of logical relations within the words themselves. The referents, vocabularies, are interpreted in the context of sentences, making a symbolic concept. Therefore, the domains of lexical meaning can be divided into three aspects: central meaning, deep meaning and contextual meaning. The natural phenomenon are reflected in the language life of human beings. The culture of a country is involved in the interpretation of a language, and semantics is a systematic study of its culture.