meaningThenatureofmeaningItsdefinition,elements,andtypes,wasdiscussedbyphilosophersAristotle,Augustine,andAquinas.Accordingtothem,meaningisarelationshipbetweentwosortsofthings:signsandthekindsofthingstheymean(intend,expressorsignify)'Onetermintherelationshipofmeaningnecessarilycausessomethingelsetocometothemind.Inotherwords:asignisdefinedasanentitythatindicatesanotherentitytosomeagentforsomepurpose.Thetypesofmeaningsvaryaccordingtothetypesofthethingthatisbeingrepresented.Namely:1.Therearethethingsintheworld,whichmighthavemeaning;2.Therearethingsintheworldthatarealsosignsofotherthingsintheworld,andso,arealwaysmeaningful(i.e.,naturalsignsofthephysicalworldandideaswithinthemind);3.Therearethingsthatarealwaysnecessarilymeaningful,suchaswords,andothernonverbalsymbols.FouraspectstoexplainmeaningPragmaticmeaning(语用意义)Linguisticcontextishowmeaningisunderstoodwithoutrelyingonintentandassumptions.Inappliedpragmatics,forexample,meaningisformedthroughsensoryexperiences,eventhoughsensorystimuluscannotbeeasilyarticulatedinlanguageorsigns.Pragmatics,then,revealsthatmeaningisbothsomethingaffectedbyandaffectingtheworld.Meaningissomethingcontextualwithrespecttolanguageandtheworld,andisalsosomethingactivetowardothermeaningsandtheworld.Conceptionalmeaning(概念意义)Meaning(non-linguistic)MeaningasinternalinterpretationSemanticmeaningNaturalmeaningConsequencesandmeaningMeaningandcognitionMeaningasinternalinterpretationNaturalmeaningConsequencesandmeaningMeaningandcognition(意义和认知)Tanksforlistening