Shades of Meaning in Translation: Understanding the World of Words

Any language includes four skills of listening, speaking, reading, and writing all of which are based on two main language elements: grammar and vocabulary. Vocabulary, although closely interrelated with grammar, plays a far larger role in communicating ideas and concepts. All vocabulary items have delicate shades of meaning most of which are not written and hence not found in dictionaries. Many of these shades of meaning are learned by being in contact with the language and in the context of use. Understanding different shades of meaning helps language users exploit language resources better in order to communicate ideas effectively in speaking, writing, and translation. In this paper, shades of meaning are divided into ten types, each type is explained, and examples are provided for the clarification of these shades.

کلیدواژه ها:

vocabulary ، meaning ، understanding word meaning ، delicacies of meaning ، shades of meaning