Re: virus: Meaning, A Puzzle
Jonathan Shepherd (shepherd-jt@flkcol.demon.co.uk)
Tue, 03 Mar 1998 12:50:35 +0000
At 17:57 02/03/98 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 98-03-02 17:32:13 EST, you write:
>
><< I prefer to use WWWebster right now... but when I am researching the
> significance of a word I always turn to the Oxford English Dictionary.
> I have told my son that if he ever wants to give me the best gift that
> money can buy it is the cd rom version...
> >>
>um i wrote something that is exactly your letter in less words and i sent it
>to the list, and for some odd reason it never showed up in my new mail. oh
>whell.
>skip the definitions if you please, go on to the end its more ammsuing.
>id like to thank the aol dictionary for this....
>
>mean*ing (noun)
>First appeared 14th Century
> 1 a : the thing one intends to convey esp. by language : PURPORT
> b : the thing that is conveyed esp. by language : IMPORT
> 2 : something meant or intended : AIM <a mischievous ~ was apparent>
> 3 : significant quality; especially : implication of a hidden or special
>significance <a glance full of ~>
> 4 a : the logical connotation of a word or phrase
> b : the logical denotation or extension of a word or phrase
> -- meaning (adjective)
> -- mean*ing*ly (adverb)
>
>lex*i*col*o*gy (noun)
>[French lexicologie, from lexico- (from Late Greek lexiko-, from lexikon) +
>-logie -logy]
>First appeared circa 1828
> : a branch of linguistics concerned with the signification and
application of
>words
> -- lex*i*col*o*gist (noun)
>
>se*man*tics (noun plural but singular or plural in construction)
>First appeared 1893
> 1 : the study of meanings:
> a : the historical and psychological study and the classification of
>changes in the signification of words or forms viewed as factors in
linguistic
>development
> b (1) : SEMIOTIC
> (2) : a branch of semiotic dealing with the relations between signs and
>what they refer to and including theories of denotation, extension, naming,
>and truth
> 2 : GENERAL SEMANTICS
> 3 a : the meaning or relationship of meanings of a sign or set of signs;
>especially : connotative meaning
> b : the language used (as in advertising or political propaganda) to
>achieve a desired effect on an audience esp. through the use of words with
>novel or dual meanings
>
>im sure davids search for meaning is one of semantics as opposed to
>lexicology.
>unfortunately the meaning of meaning is lexicology.
>~the great tinkerer
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>What are you talking about??????????????????