PDF] COMPONENTIAL ANALYSIS OF MEANING: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

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PDF] COMPONENTIAL ANALYSIS OF MEANING: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS

There are many different ways to approach the probl ems of meaning, since meaning is related to many different functions of l anguage. The meanings of words in a language are interrelated and they are defined in part by their relations with other words in the language. Analyzed in the same semanti c domain, words can be classified according to shared and differentiating features. Breaking down the sense of a word into its minimal distinctive features, co mponential analysis of meaning can be a useful approach in the study of meaning, parti cularly in determining the meaning of a lexeme. Although componential analysis has som e difficulties and limitations in its application, it is still used in modern linguis tic .