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Notes 4. Discuss briefly the major semantic theories.
5. Comment on semantic Features. What do you understand by componential theories of semantics?
6. “There have been, in recent years, notable attempts to study all the various relationships of
meaning which exist between words in particular language, an approach known as structural
semantics”.
Referring to some of the relationships mentioned in the above statement, discuss the problem
of meaning.
7. “When we discuss linguistic forms that is the two levels of grammar and lexis, we are describing
the meaningful internal petterns of language : the way in which a language is internally
structured to carry contrasts in meaning.” Discuss.
31.10 Further Readings

1. Verma, S.K., V.N. Krishnaswamy. Modern Linguistics: An Introduction.
2. An Introduction to Linguistics, John Lyon.
3. Peter Roach: English phonetics and phonology. Cambridge University Press.
4. Encyclopedia of Linguistic Science Edited By V. Prakasam, Allied Pub.,
New Delhi.

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