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A Function of the Semantic Domain for Interpreting a Sentence Meaning

  • Korean Semantics
  • 2008, 26(), pp.183-209
  • Publisher : The Society Of Korean Semantics
  • Research Area : Humanities > Korean Language and Literature

Lee dong hyeok 1

1부산교육대학교

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this paper is to take a closer look at the function of a semantic domain for interpreting a sentence meaning. A sentence meaning is understood through the common background that a speaker and a hear hold in, which the common background is the semantic domain. In order to interpret a sentence meaning, it is necessary to solve a several matters; judgement of acceptance degree, interpretation of structural meaning, and disambiguation of word polysemy. A semantic domain is involved in analyzing above matters. And a semantic domain is made up of domain elements, and it makes a network between domains, or between domain and ontological category. Domain elements have prototypical words, which are a criterion for judging a degree of acceptance of a sentence meaning. A structural meaning of the sa-ta sentence must be analyzed with projecting an ontological category LOCOMOTION and a semantic domain COMMERCIAL. Sa-ta has a lot of meanings, and its polysemy is able to be disambiguated based on a semantic domain. If several semantic domains are projected on a sentence, it should be interpreted figuratively. Semantic domains are corresponded through the generic space as an ontological category.

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