【正确答案】正确答案：(1)On the analogy of distinctive features in phonology, some linguists suggest that there are semantic features or semantic components. Componential analysis is a way proposed by the structural semanticists to analyze word meaning. This is based on the belief that there are semantic units smaller than the meaning of a word, that is to say the meaning of a word can be dissected into meaning components, called semantic features or properties. The analysis breaks down the meaning of the word into these features, and it is these features that distinguish word meaning. Since it is economical, componential analysis gives a better account for sense relations and those between sentences. (2)Plus and minus signs are used to indicate whether a certain semantic feature is present or absent in the meaning of a word, and these feature symbols are written in capitalized letters. For example, the meaning of the word boy can may be analyzed into + HUAMN, -ADULT, +MALE.