Theories of representation
There are three approaches of representation:
Reflective approach
Intentional approach
Constructionist approach
1) In reflective approach,meaning is thought to lie in the object,person,idea or even in the real world.In this approach,language works by simply reflecting or imitating the truth that is already there and fixed in the world ,is sometimes called “mimetic”.
2) The second approach to meaning in the representation argues the oppsite case.
It holds that it is the speaker,the author,who impose his or her unique meaning on the world throuth language.Words mean what the auther intends they should mean.This is intentional approach.
3) The third approach recognises this public,social character of language.It acknowledges that neither things in themselves nor the individual users of language can fix meaning in language.Thing don’t mean:we construct meaning ,using representational systems _concepts and signs.Hence it is callaed the constructivist or constructionist approach to meaning in language.
There are three approaches of representation:
Reflective approach
Intentional approach
Constructionist approach
1) In reflective approach,meaning is thought to lie in the object,person,idea or even in the real world.In this approach,language works by simply reflecting or imitating the truth that is already there and fixed in the world ,is sometimes called “mimetic”.
2) The second approach to meaning in the representation argues the oppsite case.
It holds that it is the speaker,the author,who impose his or her unique meaning on the world throuth language.Words mean what the auther intends they should mean.This is intentional approach.
3) The third approach recognises this public,social character of language.It acknowledges that neither things in themselves nor the individual users of language can fix meaning in language.Thing don’t mean:we construct meaning ,using representational systems _concepts and signs.Hence it is callaed the constructivist or constructionist approach to meaning in language.
