8. SNAIL
• The word “snail”
• Your idea of “snail”
• A picture of the snail
• The actual snail
9. Signs
• A word is a sign (Form: letters or sound)
• Meaning: your idea
• A picture is a sign (Form: lines, color etc)
• An actual, real thing in the world
67. Unicorn
• The word unicorn (Form: writing or sound)
• Your idea of unicorn (meaning)
• A picture of a unicorn (Form: a picture)
• An actual unicorn (a real thing in the world)
128. Strongly connected with language-
learning
• What is meaning in the mind?
• What happens when we communicate?
• What happens in our brains when we say a
sentence?
• What happens in our brains when we
understand a sentence?
• How do children acquire meaning?
136. What are our goals?
• Describe words and sentences in isolation and
in context.
• Explain why these meanings are different in
different situations.
• Give a clear explanation of complex meanings.
140. If you are from Fujiyoshida, maybe this
image
141. Hospital frame
• Other ideas come with the word
• You go to hospital when you’re sick
• Or you have an accident
• You have to be admitted
• You probably have to give the hospital workers
your insurance card
• The doctor examines you and gives you
information
• You probably have to pay money when you finish
142. Breaking the frame
• The doctor gives YOU his medical insurance
card!
• You examine a nurse!
143. Restaurant frame (for a customer)
• Wait to get seated
• Waiter shows you to your seat
• You look at the menu
• You order food and drink
• You wait for it to arrive
• You eat it
• You pay for it
147. Unicorn frame
• Single horn on head
• Looks like a white horse
• Not real
• Appears in stories
148. Breaking the frame
• A unicorn comes into class!
• A unicorn eats your textbook!
149. Banana
• Breakfast food
• Convenient
• Snack food
• Thick skin
• Can’t eat the skin
• Yellow
• If it’s black, it’s not good
150. Personal computer
• On your desk
• Or maybe you carry it around
• Expensive purchase
• Use it for the internet
• Communication
• Old people usually can’t use it well
151. Pokemon Go
• People walking around looking at their mobile
phones
• Mentioned on the news
• Some kind of game, or something
152. Volcano
• Can be dangerous
• Eruptions
• Be careful
• Maybe tourist attractions
153. Cinema
• Seeing a movie
• In a building
• Pay money to enter
• Dark
• Big screen
• Popcorn
184. What kind of things can be Semantic
Primitives?
• Must be binary
• What does that mean?
• It means on or off
• It means yes or no
• It means + or -
185. What is a bad Semantic Feature?
• Number of fingers
• Yes or no
• What?
186. What kind of things can be Semantic
Primitives?
• Must apply to ALL the world’s cultures
187. What is a bad Semantic Feature?
• Tatami
• Why is it bad?
• Because it does not apply to ALL the world’s
cultures