The Complexity of Semantic Components in Linguistic Era

Abstract

In Section One, a brief account is made to describe how a

semantic theory explains and shows the interpretative ability of speakers.

Any lexical item in a given sentence is supplied with more senses, by a

dictionary, than it can bear. The task of the projection rules is to select

the most suitable sense of each item in that sentence. The semantic

components discussed according to the phonological and semantic

representation of sentence which is the basic concern of Section Two, are

associated with a linguistic description of a natural language proposed

the specification of the interconnections between the three components:

syntax, phonology and semantics to be of mutual dependency. Section

Three advocates another split from the Standard Theory which is called

Generative Semantics: a theory developed by Lackoff, McCawley, Ross

and others has found its way since 1968 as a strong opponent to the

Extended Theory. We also, in Section Four discuss the semantic

acceptability in linguistics through drawing a distinction between

grammaticality (a property belonging to a competence) and acceptability

(a property identical in performance).