Dictionary meaning

лексическое значение

- refers the mind to some concrete concept, phenomenon, or thing of objective reality, whether real or imaginary;

- a means by which a word-form is made to express a definite concept;

- are closely related to a concept;

- are sometimes identified with a concept;

Source: <I.R.G.>:58-59

See: <meaning>

Grammatical meaning

Structural meaning

грамматическое значение

- refers our mind to relations between words or to some forms of words or constructions bearing upon their structural functions in the language-as-a-system

Source: <I.R.G.>:58

See: <meaning>

Denotational meaning

See: <referential meaning>

Logical meaning

Referential meaning

Direct meaning

логическое значение

- the precise naming of a feature of the idea, phenomenon or object;

- the name by which we recognise the whole of the concept;

- is liable to change;

- of one <word> may denote different concepts;

- has reference not directly to things or phenomena of objective reality

Syn.: logical meaning, referential meaning, direct meaning

Source: <I.R.G.>:64,66

Ant.: <emotive meaning>, <emotional meaning>

See: <nominal meaning>, <meaning>

Emotional meaning

Evaluative meaning

Stylistic meaning

Connotative meaning

See: <emotive meaning>

Emotive meaning

- also materialises a concept in the word, but, unlike logical meaning, it has reference not directly to things or phenomena of objective reality, but to the feelings and emotions of the speaker towards these thighs or to his emotions as such;

- bears reference to things, phenomena or ideas through a kind of evaluation of them;

e.g. I feel so darned lonely. (Gr.Green)

- has function to reveal the subjective, evaluating attitude of the writer to the things or events spoken of;

e.g. She has not a flirt, not even a coquette. (Galsworthy)

Source: <I.R.G.>:66

Ant.: <logical meaning>, referential meaning, direct meaning

See: <contextual emotive meaning>, <meaning>

Contextual emotive meaning

- an <emotive meaning>, acquired by a word only in a definite context

e.g. liberty, justice, stunning, smart

Source: <I.R.G.>:66

See: <emotive meaning>, <meaning>

Nominal meaning

- indicates a particular object out of a class;

- serves the purpose of singling out one definite and singular object out of a whole class of similar objects;

e.g. Hope, Browning, Taylor, Scotland, Black, Chandler, Chester

Source: <I.R.G.>:68

See: <logical meaning>, <meaning>

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