Meaning. Different approaches to the problem.

This notion is one of the most controvertial i the lingustics. More or less meaning can be desribed as a component of word through which concept is communicated.

Approaches. a) Linguistic triangle was first proposed by the mathematician Gotlib Gill. Then this idea was adopted, and now it’s called Richard and Ogden Triangle.

It’s a referential approach to the problem, cause the top is devoted to the concept/notion (left angle – sound form/symbol; right angle – referent) Referent is a thing of reality: table (drawn) – тэйбл – транскрипция. This theory has lots of rivals: they don’t understand the system, the referent may be the same as notion. Each national language may have equal sound forms, but the meaning of words is different: cot – звучит, как “кот”, но означает “колыбель”. b) Functional approach is less concerned with what meaning is than with how it works. The word possesses meaning only in the sentence: book (книга) – I booked two tickets. It has one lexical meaning. But we must take into accoint both approaches, cause they are both right and correspond in dialectical meaning.