CMST 2010 Lecture : CMST 2010 Unit 2 Notes
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Sometimes it works when sentences are simple and clear: i need a drink can mean you are thirsty and want water or stress needs alcohol, depends on who is talking, where they are, personality, other problems. Speaker/listener definitions not aligned: meaning is in ppl, i. a richards, words have meanings, but ppl can use them in different ways. 89: natural, not something you have to learn, you sense something and know it automatically, non natural, something you have to learn, depends on context, culture, 2 types, speaker"s meaning. Whatever the person talking is trying to say. Bound by context (take context into interpreted by person speaker is talking to consideration) Peirce"s triadic theory of signs: 3 possible ways signs & objects are related: icon, resembles object, convey ideas through imitation, can make you feel strong emotions, it can bring good/bad memories icon as communication.
