THE REFERENCE BEHIND THE INTERNET MEME

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UNDERSTANDING A MEME REFERENCE BY PERSONAL WORLD KNOWLEDGE

UNDERSTANDING A MEME REFERENCE BY FICTION KNOWLEDGE

UNDERSTANDING A MEME REFERENCE BY REAL EVENTS KNOWLEDGE

KREIDLER, C. W. Introducing English Semantics. London: Routledge, 1998.

HURFORD, J., HEASLEY, B. & SMITH, M. Semantics: a coursebook. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007.

UNDERSTANDING A MEME REFERENCE BY INTERNET VIRAL KNOWLEDGE

Reference

When we talk about Reference we are going

to establish a relationship between language

and something in the real World.

English Expression

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The Real Thing

Referring Expression

Whenever a speaker has a particular

individual in mind in order to refer, it’s going

to be a RE.

English Expression

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Particular Individual

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