A Linguistic Image and a New Semantic Triangle  

作　　者：Innes Merabishvili 

机构地区：[1]Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

出　　处：《US-China Foreign Language》2017年第6期367-374,共8页美中外语（英文版）

摘　　要：The present article aims to suggest novelty in the theory of the meaning of a word. Traditionally, the study of the meaning of a word is the study of correlation between the three points of a semantic triangle： nomination, concept, and referent. No doubt, that a word with its meaning is a linguistic phenomenon. As for a referent, it is always extralinguistic. The question is： How does a referent, as an object of extratinguistic reality, participate in the formation of the meaning？ The article argues that extralinguistic reality is reflected in the form of a sensuous imprint but developed into a sensuous image in the process of formation of a word as a second signal system （Pavlov＇s theory on two signal systems）. The author regards a sensuous image existing in a word as a linguistic image. The acknowledgment of a linguistic image in a word permits us to present the meaning of a word as a correlation of three main components： nomination, significatum, and linguistic image.

关 键 词：semantic triangle REFERENT linguistic image 

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