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SEMANTICS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The meaning of a word, phrase, sentence, or text
Example:
a petty argument about semantics
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("semantics" is a kind of...):
meaning; substance (the idea that is intended)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The study of language meaning
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("semantics" is a kind of...):
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "semantics"):
deixis (the function of pointing or specifying from the perspective of a participant in an act of speech or writing; aspects of a communication whose interpretation depends on knowledge of the context in which the communication occurs)
formal semantics (the branch of semantics that studies the logical aspects of meaning)
lexical semantics (the branch of semantics that studies the meanings and relations of words)
cognitive semantics; conceptual semantics; semasiology (the branch of semantics that studies the cognitive aspects of meaning)
Derivation:
semantic (of or relating to meaning or the study of meaning)
semanticist (a specialist in the study of meaning)
