The dotted line suggests that there is no immediate relation between word and referent, it is established only through the concept. The complex relationships between referent (object, etc., denoted by the word), notion (concept, thought) and word (symbol, sound-form) are traditionally represented by the following triangle: It is usually said that a word denotes objects, qualities, actions, phenomena, or expresses the corresponding notions. Usually meaning is defined as the realization of a notion (or concept, in other terms) by means of a definite language system. There are different theories of the nature of meaning. Among the word’s various characteristics meaning is the most important.
Word meaning is studied by the branch of lexicology called semasiology.
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