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Book Descriptions:
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject American Studies - Linguistics, grade: 1,3 (A), University of Freiburg (English Seminar), course: Proseminar Semantics, 24 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: Daher erfordert man auch, einen abgesonderten Begriff sinnlich zu machen, d.i. das ihm
korrespondierende Objekt in der Anschauung darzulegen, weil, ohne dieses, der Begriff
(wie man sagt) ohne Sinn, d.i. ohne Bedeutung bleiben würde.
(Kant 1998: 768)
Semantics tries to fulfill that demand and this paper is thought to present the ordinary
research methods, exemplified on the word cup. The structure of the paper and some
details especially in chapter 4 are similar although neither intended nor grounded on
Wierzbicka (1985) who focuses on lexicographic aspects of cup trying to give a
satisfying dictionary entry. I begin with a very brief etymology of this word. The OE
word cuppe is generally taken from the Late Latin cuppa, which is a variant of Latin
cupa meaning “a tub”. The origin is probably the Proto-Indo-European word *keupstanding
for “a hollow”. In the 18th century, the most common drinking vessel, a mug,
was replaced due to the introduction of the cup for hot liquids like tea, coffee or
chocolate and the glass, used for cold liquids.
The basis of this paper is once more Ferdinand de Saussure’s “Course in general
linguistics” and his demand that “language is a system of interdependent terms in which
the value of each term results solely from the simultaneous presence of the others […]”
(1960: 114). The consequence of this statement is mentioned later in his book: “Their
[i.e. the linguistic signs] most precise characteristics is in being what the others are not”
(ibid: 117). The meaning of one word can therefore only be derived by comparing the
sense relations to other words in the system. This interdependence of meaning
complicates a simple analysis. I will therefore start with a list of semantically related
words to work with grounded on the synonym dictionary The Synonym Finder: cup
(teacup, demitasse and cannikin), mug (tumbler, beaker, tankard and chalice), jug (can,
stein and pitcher), goblet (pot), glass (beer glass, wine glass), drinking horn and bowl.
The Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary describes a cup as “a small container
shaped like a bowl, usu with a handle, used for drinking tea, coffee etc.” This paper
deals with cup in that sense, used in present day English.

Semantics: analysis or interpretation of word meaning? A linguistic approach to cup. by Christopher Golz

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